Posted April 2, 2022
Over 200 CO alarm kits are on their way to hospital hyperbaric (HBOT) units all over the country! These alarm kits, which include educational materials and a battery-operated alarm, will be handed out free of charge to patients following treatment for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
We initiated this project last year with the aim of helping people stay CO safe following treatment for poisoning injury. Access to a free alarm helps both patients who are unable to afford an alarm as well as patients who struggle to understand the importance of alarms due to language barriers and other issues. Immediate access to an alarm also provides the ability to be safeguarded when returning home or wherever a patient is immediately discharged to following treatment (hotel poisoning victims are often far from home and must return to a hotel following treatment).
Thank you, JLWF! This year’s project was made possible thanks to a generous donation from our friends at the Jeffrey Lee Williams Foundation. Our organizations share a unique, albeit tragic, connection…Daryl and Shirley Jenkins and young Jeffrey Williams lost their lives to CO poisoning in the same hotel room approximately seven weeks apart back in 2013. Jeffrey’s mom, Jeannie, survived the exposure but was left with permanent injuries. In spite of her personal challenges, Jeannie, along with her sister-in-law Amber Williams, founded JLWF in 2014 and have worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the dangers of CO and to promote the lifesaving value of alarms. Following a remarkable run of successes, JLWF recently announced the closure of their organization. We are grateful to be one of the recipients of their final allocation of funds and for the opportunity to use them to help other survivors.