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CDC Inclement Winter Weather Health and Safety Advisories We would like to provide you with the following information from various CDC programs related to winter weather hazards. Content links are provided. If you have questions on these or other clinical issues, contact: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Winter Weather Health and Safety Concerns
Exposure to cold temperatures, whether indoors or outside, can cause other serious or life-threatening health problems. To keep yourself and your family safe, you should know how to prevent cold-related health problems and what to do if a cold-weather health emergency arises.

Winter weather increases the likelihood of carbon monoxide exposure from improper use of generators and inadequately ventilated gas-fueled heaters. Other common cold-related problems are hypothermia, frostbite, and injury. Below are CDC resources that address these issues.

Emergency Preparedness and Response
Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety
Winter Weather FAQs

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
CDC Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After a Disaster
Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning After a Disaster

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Clinical Education
Clinical education and online course on Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning that provide information on diagnosis, reporting, and treatment of CO poisoning by clinicians and health care providers.

Hypothermia
Winter Weather: Hypothermia
Hypothermia-Related Deaths – United States, 1999—2002 and 2005

Frostbite
Winter Weather: Frostbite

Power Outages
CDC Power Outages Homepage
What You Need to Know When the Power Goes Out

Other Resources and Articles
Be Prepared: Staying Safe and Healthy in Winter Weather
NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topics: Cold Stress
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA): Tips to Protect Workers in Cold Environments

Articles from MMWR and other Journals
A bibliography of articles about winter hazards including Hypothermia, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Ice Storms, and Snowmobiles.

Hurricane Preparedness and Response
Prepare Your Community for Hurricane Season. June 1 marks the beginning of Hurricane Season. Is your community prepared? The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has added new resources to its Web page Tools and Resources to Help Communities Prepare for Hurricane Season to help communities prepare for and respond to hurricane events and other natural disasters.

http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/hurricane.htm

For information on more public health emergency preparedness tools and resources from AHRQ, visit http://www.ahrq.gov/prep