MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'carbon monoxide'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:34:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436753&cid=t_387079_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FgkL_aWmCu_Y%2F 10 Q-and-As to test your knowledge on the key learning points covered in T@EBMedicine's Feb 2001 review: Diagnosis And Management Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In The Emergency Department. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436753 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:00:09 +0100 4436753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337854&cid=t_387079_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F01%2Farkansas-surgeon-dr-tom-bell-dies-carbon-monoxide-poisoning%2F Dr. Tom Bell has died of likely carbon monoxide poisoning after he was found unconscious while at at duck hunting club in Arkansas. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337854 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:45:24 +0100 4337854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965427&cid=t_387079_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FUVddhU-FBLU%2F A 37 year-old man is BIBA to the emergency department following a fire at his apartment. He has a fluctuating level of consciousness (GCS 10) and is hypotensive (BP 85/50). He has no evidence of airway compromise, burns or other injury. A venous gas shows that he has a COHb of 21% and a lactate of 14 mmol/L. Can you keep this man alive? (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965427 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:35 +0100 3965427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556070&cid=t_387079_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0rRaylTbIcQ%2F By Walter OlsonCalifornia just adopted effective next year a requirement that all new one- and two-family dwellings include indoor sprinkler systems. Other states are debating similar mandates, spurred by changes to national building code standards. Earlier legal mandates have required the inclusion of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, but the cost of those devices is relatively minor, whereas full-blown sprinkler systems add measurably to the cost of a new home, as well as posing challenges in such areas as maintenance, aesthetics, and risk of property damage through accidental activation. It will surprise not a single reader of these columns, I suspect, to learn that the fire sprinkler industry has been a major force in pushing the new mandate. As for the opposition, home builders... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556070 Wed, 12 May 2010 14:29:47 +0100 3556070