Mass Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at a Daycare: A Public Health Lesson
This large-scale daycare CO poisoning represents a potentially avoidable mass casualty incident among children and daycare staff and necessitated significant coordination of care. CO detectors in Pennsylvania daycares would provide early warning for staff, prevent or minimize toxicity, inform first responders, and better prepare EDs to handle similar situations.
Authors
- Kenneth D. Katz
- Susan K. Yaeger
- Gillian A. Beauchamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4758-8695)
- Alexandra Amaducci
- Natalie E Ebeling-Koning
- John D DelBianco
- Putt P Vithayaveroj
- Christopher Popiolek
- Chase L Jones
Institutions
- Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono (US)
- Lehigh Valley Health Network (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.66717
- Primary Topic
- Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00