Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

You want to take good care of your family. You try to eat healthful foods. You take your children to the doctor for regular checkups. You try your best to protect your family from accidents and illness. You want to live in a safe neighborhood and home. Did you know your home might have hidden dangers to your children's health? Ask yourself the following questions. The answers to these questions will help you learn if your home is safe and healthy. Each question contains a link to detailed questions you can ask as well as action steps you can use to help improve the health and safety of your home.

"Reading carefully through the story on the injuries and fatalities on the first day of hunting season in West Virginia, I was pleased to see that there was only one gunshot wound, when a 13-year-old accidentally shot himself in the arm. There were very few accidents overall, and most of those came from carbon monoxide poisoning from heaters. The lack of gunshot wounds means that hunters are well-trained, cautious, and safety-conscious. Way to go, guys and gals. " - Chambersburg, Pa. "The weeping has begun by the conservatives.

Three people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Monday night at Chambersburg Hospital, according to Chambersburg Emergency Services Chief William FitzGerald. Crews responded to 321 Philadelphia Ave. for a furnace malfunction and evaluated nine people, FitzGerald said. Some of the residents reported episodes of dizziness, and one might have passed out for a period of time, FitzGerald said. Children were among the residents of the three-unit apartment building, he said. “That was the first time (for the season)

chambersburg@herald-mail.com Pennsylvania State Police say an Antrim Township teenager found dead in a car at a truck stop Sunday died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Aaron C. Christman, 17, of 8586 Talhelm Road, was found at about 4:30 p.m. in a vehicle at the Travel Centers of America at 10835 John Wayne Drive, according to police. Franklin County Coroner Jeffrey R. Conner said Christman's body was found by employees of the truck stop. Conner ruled the death was accidental and said no autopsy would be performed.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Two men were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning Friday afternoon in a Waynesboro house, according to a press release from Franklin County Coroner Jeffrey R. Conner. Stewart A. Dewease Jr., 49, and Keith Rohrer, 22, were found by a relative of Dewease's at 614 Park St. in Waynesboro, Conner said. The carbon monoxide poisoning was caused by a car left running in the garage, Conner said. Stewart was found on the first floor, and Rohrer was found in the basement, Conner said.

BUNKER HILL, W.Va. - In the wake of a Berkeley County man's death from carbon monoxide poisoning, county fire and rescue officials are urging caution and common sense. cont. from news page People need to read the instructions before operating heaters or electrical generators, ensuring there is enough ventilation and the machines are operated properly, fire officials said. Robert Ennis, 28, was found dead before 9 a.m. Monday in a home under construction in the Wide Horizon Farms subdivision off Quarry Road, according to West Virginia State Police and a county coroner.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Four emergency personnel were among six people treated Wednesday night for carbon monoxide poisoning at a home on South Second Street, according to Emergency Services Chief Allen Baldwin. The carbon monoxide was traced to a backed up flue pipe from a gas heater, officials said. Two firefighters, an emergency medical technician and a paramedic were treated and released from Chambersburg Hospital at about 2 a.m., Baldwin said Thursday. The owner of the home, Mary E. Hull, and a visitor were taken to the hospital and the visitor was later flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. Hull, of 136 S. Second St., was admitted for a day's observation, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Carbon monoxide detector might save your life To the editor: Carbon monoxide poisoning has made the news recently with tragic deaths in Maryland and Virginia. It literally hit home with our family during the recent floods. We had more than four feet of water in our basement. We pumped the flood waters out by using two gas-powered trash pumps that we placed outside our home, near our basement window. The fumes from the pumps created the carbon monoxide poisoning that crept into our basement window, entered our central air unit and was dispersed throughout our home while most of our family was asleep.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. - Five people were flown to three hospitals Thursday afternoon after apparently being overcome by carbon monoxide caused by a blocked chimney in their Chambersburg home. "A friend stopped in there to see them and found them," Acting Emergency Services Chief William Dubbs said. "They're probably fortunate to be alive. " The call came in at 1:52 p.m., and fire and ambulance personnel found one person downstairs and the other four on the second floor of the duplex at 120 S. Second St. Dubbs said the other side of the duplex was vacant.

Heavy rains caused minor flooding problems throughout the Tri-State area Tuesday night. In Washington County, six water-covered roads were closed, according to 911 dispatchers. At about 8:30 p.m., a Fairplay family of five was taken to the hospital after their basement flooded and they began showing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Fairplay Volunteer Fire Co. There was about a foot of water in the basement in the house, in the 18500 block of Knoll Drive.