Carbon monoxide poisoning is preventable

Excerpt: “It’s that time of year where it starts to get cold and we begin to put on layers and wear our winter coats and gloves. We turn on the furnaces in our home and try and find that ideal temperature to keep us warm – but also not crank up our energy bill too much.

It is cold outside and inside until spring comes back. So, let’s focus on winter.

During the winter, it is important to stay warm. Preventing cold-related problems like hypothermia and frostbite is a regular goal as the days get colder and colder. So how do we stay warm inside of our home? There are many ways people stay warm, but the main way is by using the furnace to heat the home.

Yes, people wear more clothes inside, have blankets, use space heaters, and maybe even start a fire in their place, but furnaces are the main way to keep a home warm.

As much as we want to stay warm in the winter, we want to safely stay warm through a properly functioning furnace.

Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas. Carbon monoxide poisoning is caused by breathing in carbon monoxide and the gas displacing oxygen in your blood. This causes symptoms like headaches, dizziness, confusion, shortness of breath, nausea, chest pain, vomiting and weakness.

Each year more than 400 people die from carbon monoxide poisoning and over 100,000 are seen in the emergency room because of poisoning concerns.”

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