The detection of carbon monoxide poisoning is becoming increasingly important to prehospital providers. Invisible and odorless, CO fails to produce reliable signs or symptoms in ...
The first electronic devices in EMS were defibrillators; now almost everything seems to have a computer chip in it. Devices keep getting smaller, and batteries keep getting better. ...
The Associated Press AP Photo/Tina Fineberg People gather inside an entrance to The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York after a fire broke out earlier at the hospital Wednesday. ...
By Sandra Gonzales San Jose Mercury NewsSANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. — Initially, the call to Santa Clara County dispatch seemed routine enough a man was in need of medical ...
The Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Nearly 30 people at a seafood business were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said Tuesday.Bellingham Fire Chief ...
The Associated PressVAN BUREN, Ark. — An Arkansas woman said her dog Miley saved her life when she persisted in waking her from a carbon monoxide stupor. Stacie Pitts, 30, ...
By Darren Meritz El Paso TimesEL PASO — A man died Friday afternoon in what fire investigators believe may be the first death of the season caused by carbon monoxide ...
By David Harris Flint JournalFLINT, Mich. — Fire ripped through the small, one-story Reid Road home, and firefighters rushed inside to save lives. Still, this was a little ...
By Julie Scharper The Baltimore SunHOWARD COUNTY, Md. — Eleven people were hospitalized after they suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at a Columbia hotel last night, Howard ...
By Adriana M. Chavez El Paso TimesEL PASO, Texas — Paramedics and Haz Mat units from the El Paso Fire Department responded to two carbon monoxide poisoning calls Tuesday ...
By Carl MacGowan and Joseph Mallia NewsdayLONG ISLAND, NY — A Centereach family released from the hospital last night and the doctor who treated them agreed they are lucky to ...
By Ben Winslow Deseret News OGDEN, Utah — Five people remain hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning after being exposed to deadly levels of the gas while at work.It ...
By Melissa Eiselein The Press EnterpriseRIVERSIDE, Calif. — About 20 Cal Fire members from four Moreno Valley fire stations and March Air Reserve Base watched employees of ...
By Nok-Noi Ricker Bangor Daily NewsBREWER, Maine — A separated vent pipe from a new water heater is believed to be the cause of carbon monoxide poisoning that sent several ...
Funded by residents, Susquehanna Twp. EMS fears for its financial health with a dwindling membership base ...
9-year-old Mass. boy dies from car inhalation ...
By Jason Meisner Chicago Tribune Copyright 2008 Chicago TribuneCHICAGO — Six members of a South Side family were hospitalized early Friday after they were overcome by high ...
Carbon monoxide incidents account for an increasing number of fire department responses. Based on the most contemporary medical and scientific knowledge of CO and how it how it ...
By Mike Jaccarino and Dave Goldiner Daily News Copyright 2008 Daily News NEW YORK — Smiles of George Quenneville and bride Sharon Strack didn't last long after couple and ...
By Christopher Dela Cruz The Star-LedgerMONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Time can be crucial in properly diagnosing a case of carbon monoxide poisoning — a condition that can ...
