Patient Education Information

OSHA: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Find out what occupations are at risk for CO poisoning, how it can be prevented, and what the OSHA standards are for CO exposure. This site is in PDF format and requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - The Mayo Clinic offers this information.

Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Cold-Weather Killer - The American Industrial Hygiene Association has created this information about CO poisoning.

A Guide to Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Although this site wants to sell you carbon monoxide detectors, it has a lot of useful information.

MEDLINEPlus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Small Gasoline-Powered Engines and Tools - It is not widely known that small gasoline-powered engines and tools present a serious health hazard. Read this to find out how to safely handle gasoline-powered engines or tools.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Carbon Monoxide - One will find a number of publications, some in Spanish, at this site. Simply scroll down the topic list, pick carbon monoxide, and click on "Find". Some of this site is in PDF format and will require an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

Carbon monoxide detector image was obtained from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission