NFPA Handout (with links)

Posted June 18, 2019

Carbon Monoxide Poisonings – Is a Silent Killer Lurking in Hotel Rooms?

NFPA Conference & Expo – June 2019

For more information about the Jenkins Foundation, please visit our website and Facebook page:

https://thejenkinsfoundation.com/

https://www.facebook.com/thejenkinsfoundation/

 

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

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/special-reports/nc-medical-examiners/jeffrey-williams/article9093218.html

 

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

http://www.lyrysasmith.com/

 

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

http://highplainsobserverperryton.com/son-wants-to-bring-more-awareness-to-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-at-hotels-p23044-267.htm

https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/silent-killer-good-thunder-couple-calls-for-greater-carbon-monoxide/article_722da518-1788-11e8-9a45-ffed270f1628.html

 

Why Are Guests Still Dying from Hotel Gas Leaks?

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article196353719.html

 

 

 

 

6 years later…remembering Daryl and Shirley Jenkins ❤️ 4.16.2013

Posted April 16, 2019

Six years ago today, Daryl and Shirley Jenkins lost their lives to CO poisoning in a hotel room while on vacation in Boone, NC. In memory of them and the thousands of other victims who have been injured and/or died in U.S. hotels of this very preventable cause, we shared a series of four posts on The Jenkins Foundation Facebook page…https://www.facebook.com/thejenkinsfoundation/

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Hotel Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Jacksonville, NC

Posted November 3, 2018

Hotel evacuated and 16 guests, including a child, hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning…no information yet on whether hotel had CO alarms…another example of why it’s so important to pack your own alarm when you travel… https://www.wnct.com/news/local-news/jacksonville/16-taken-to-hospital-after-carbon-monoxide-exposure-at-jacksonville-hotel/1569012387

1 dead, at least 11 poisoned by hotel CO leak in Niles, MI

Posted April 1, 2017

“Hotel staff found the children lying unresponsive at an indoor pool deck and the breakfast area adjacent to the pool at 10 a.m. ET after noticing their figures through a window…The Fire Department also said it found one of the children in a first-floor room unconscious and not breathing…One hotel worker, along with two Berrien County officers and two Niles city police officers were also treated for exposure to the poisonous gas.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1-dead-least-11-poisoned-michigan-hotel-carbon-monoxide-leak-n741586

Plastic used by workers caused CO to build up at Best Western

Posted January 19, 2008

Best Western Allentown Inn & Suites – Allentown, PA

“No one realized the man was suffering from exposure to carbon monoxide — and that the poison gas, notorious for its deadly stealth, was already sickening other guests and workers…Philip D. Prechtel, 63, died in his room…One other guest, two employees, two police officers and three ambulance workers were taken to hospitals.