Carbon monoxide

There was another couple http://cdllife.com/2013/resources/carbon-monoxide-a-truck-drivers-wifes-nightmare

She was sick with the headache, etc. It was a leak in a hose also. If she hadn't have really questioned the being sick like that, they perhaps would have been dead.

Another woman thinks that her husband died in NV, but had problems getting a answer on that, she is trying to pass a law that when a trucker dies on the road, the coroner has to do a test to check for carbon monoxide poisoning.



Also more info

http://www.uptodate.com/contents/carbon-monoxide-poisoning

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/18643868


http://www.change.org/petitions/osh...g-mandatory-vehicle-service-record-disclosure

Also see Facebook page ---- Carbon Monoxide Awareness In 18 Wheelers

From off this website:
10 Common Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Headache
Fatigue, Weakness
Muscle Pain, Cramps
Nausea, Vomiting
Upset Stomach, Diarrhea
Confusion, Memory Loss
Dizziness, Incoordination
Chest Pain, Rapid Heartbeat
Difficult or Shallow Breathing
Changes in Sensitivity of Hearing, Vision, Smell, Taste or Touch

 

I bet if that person who started the WERNER TRAINER CRAPS HIMSELF thread had a CO detector it would have gone off

 

Hey everyone, this is Judy with Sylvester Services. I wanted to share our experience (very recent) with CO. 1st, let me say that every truck needs to have CO2 monitors in their trucks. They have made it where you have to have one in an RV for the same reasons.
We have a driver that woke up, stumbled around almost completely naked into the truck stop in Big Lake. EMS was called and they thought he was on drugs. He didn't know where he was, who he was, who he drove for, nothing other than his mothers phone number, not even her name. Was taken to the hospital in Big Lake and it was confirmed CO in his blood. They ended up transferring him to San Angelo to ICU where they confirmed it as well. We have since put CO2 monitors in all of our trucks, but we still don't know how it got there, what caused it or any details like that. They are doing an independent study and tearing the truck apart trying to find the cause and source of the problem. In the meantime, it is a brand new 2015 Peterbuilt with only 11K miles (all driven by this driver). We were told that had he not stumbled out of his truck, 30 minutes later he could have been dead.

What we do know is the CO2 is thicker than air and will stay lingering until it is blown out (that came from the fire department). When the fire department came to my house to check my CO2 monitors, they instructed me to move them to the bottom instead of the ceiling because it would detect it faster.

We just want to encourage all of you to get the monitors, it could save your life. For all of you trucking tomorrow, thank you for your sacrifice!!! Happy Thanksgiving.

 

Hey everyone, I'm bumping this thread because it came up while I was googling CO poisoning symptoms and truckers.
I've recently been having headaches and nausea while in my bunk with my apu running since the Temps have dropped recently...

Going to get a CO detector asap.. sucks because I'm at a Walmart dc getting unloaded right now and idk of they'll be done for hours and hours.... feeling like junk right now

 

Theres no hiding from it, unfortunately.