Health & Fitness
CO Detectors Don’t Malfunction as Often as People Think
Warning: Listen and act fast when your carbon monoxide (CO) detector sounds its alarm - it's trying to save your life!
During teaching rounds, a resident doing a rotation at the Poison Center mentioned that her carbon monoxide detector had been alarming, provoking further discussion of the dangers of CO exposure and the importance of detectors. The information she learned that morning would potentially save the lives of multiple families in her apartment building: she immediately contacted her building’s management office to have the CO alarms re-checked because of the constant on and off again beeping. Upon further inspection, it was determined carbon monoxide was leaking into the apartment from a blocked flue. Due to her urging and quick action, the CO leak was quickly rectified, and no one was harmed. Read more bit.ly/2DM2SMf
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