WINTER JUST TWO DAYS AWAY. HEALTH EXPERTS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT A SILENT KILLER. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME OF YEAR. BUT ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA POISON CONTROL SYSTEM, THERE’S A HIGHER RISK DURING FALL AND WINTER. AND THIS MORNING, WE WELCOME THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE FRESNO MADERA DIVISION OF. CPS. DOCTOR. DOCTOR VOHRA, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. EXPLAIN, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING? GOOD MORNING. YEAH. CARBON MONOXIDE IS A GAS THAT IS GENERATED WHENEVER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, WHENEVER WE BURN THINGS. AND THAT GAS CAN BE DEADLY TO THE, YOU KNOW, HUMANS, PETS, REALLY ALL LIVING ORGANISMS. AND SO THIS IS THE TIME WHEN, AS WE HEAT OUR HOMES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE SAFE AROUND CARBON MONOXIDE. WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING NOW? WELL, WE RECEIVE A LOT OF CALLS AT POISON CONTROL. SO THE GENERAL TIPS THAT WE TRY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT TO HELP PREVENT CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING INCLUDE THINGS LIKE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A MONITOR OR MULTIPLE MONITORS. IF YOU LIVE IN A LARGER HOME FOR CARBON MONOXIDE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE BATTERIES AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR HEATING SYSTEM IS IS LOOKED AT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT’S FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND DON’T USE SHORTCUTS. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO USE PORTABLE GENERATORS, WHICH CAN OFF GAS, CARBON MONOXIDE INTO YOUR HOME. OTHER PEOPLE USE OPEN FLAMES. NONE OF THOSE ARE SAFE. AND SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOUR IF YOU ARE HEATING YOUR YOUR HOME OR YOUR APARTMENT, THAT YOU’RE DOING THAT IN A SAFE WAY, AND THEN JUST KNOW THE SIGNS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, THEY CAN THEY CAN SEEM LIKE THEY’RE A LITTLE BIT VAGUE AT FIRST, BUT IF MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE HOME COME DOWN WITH SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME, AND YOU DO HAVE THAT SUSPICION FOR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU LEAVE THE HOME, GET FRESH AIR IMMEDIATELY, AND THEN CALL POISON CONTROL OR 911, DEPENDING ON HOW SICK YOU FEEL. DOCTOR, FOR A LOT O