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Carbon Monoxide Poisonings – Is a Silent Killer Lurking in Hotel Rooms?
NFPA Conference & Expo – June 2019
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Spreadsheet – U.S. Hotel/Motel Carbon Monoxide Incidents 1967 – to date
https://thejenkinsfoundation.com/hotel-co-incidents/
Interactive map of spreadsheet data
https://www.insightrisk.com/resources/carbon-monoxide-hotels/
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Motels, Hotels, and Resorts (1989 – 2004)
Lindell K. Weaver, MD; Kayla Deru, BA
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17572307
Cherry-red skin not a reliable indicator of CO poisoning
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11563729
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS014067360579810X.pdf
Diffusion of Carbon Monoxide Through Gypsum Wallboard
Neil B. Hampson, MD; Todd G. Courtney, BS; James R. Holm, MD
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1730499
http://neilhampson.com/carbon-monoxide.html
Myth busting in carbon monoxide poisoning
Neil B. Hampson, MD
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26632018
For more information on the cases featured in this presentation:
Daryl & Shirley Jenkins/Jeannie & Jeffrey Williams
2013 – Boone, NC
Bruce & Joan Plagman/Betty & Mary Bishop
1967 – Boston Heights, OH
https://www.ohio.com/article/20121112/NEWS/311129370
Walt & Molly Weber
1995 – Mammoth Lakes, CA
A Normal Life: A Sister’s Odyssey Through Brain Injury by Lyrysa Smith
Boughter Family
2006 – Ocean City, MD
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-07-11-0607110198-story.html
Bryan Douglas-Watts
2017 – Niles, MI
https://abc7chicago.com/news/hotel-co-leak-kills-13-year-old-boy-attending-birthday-party/1832154/
David & Patricia Ivie
2017 – Perryton, TX
Why Are Guests Still Dying from Hotel Gas Leaks?
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article196353719.html
