Carbon Monoxide Awareness Badge Pack

Carbon Monoxide Awareness Badge Pack

Colouring in BADGE TASK 1 This is Spanner. He is a watchdog who carries a spanner to remind families to service boilers and other appliances which use fuels like gas, coal, oil, petrol, wood or paraffin.

dot to dot BADGE TASK 2 Complete the puzzle to discover the Carbon Monoxide awareness mascot. 1 2 58 59 3 4 5 6 57 55 7 56 50 52 49 53 51 54 12 11 8 9 45 13 10 48 14 44 46 43 47 23 15 22 20 21 16 17 18 40 41 42 37 36 35 29 28 27 26 24 25 19 39 38 34 30 33 32 31

3 Help Spanner reach the family and remind them about servicing appliances. B GE TAS K AD

B GE TAS 4 K AD Can you spot the sources of Carbon Monoxide in your home? (Hint: they use fuel like gas, coal, oil, petrol, wood or paraffin)

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True/False activity game BADGE TASK 6 This is an activity game to be played during your weekly meetings. Here is selection of True/False statements, others can be found within the leader s notes. A) Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odourless, colourless and toxic gas. TRUE B) It can affect everyone. TRUE C) However, children, students, the elderly. pregnant women and anyone with heart or breathing problems are more vulnerable to its effects. TRUE D) The signs and symptoms of Carbon Monoxide poisoning are often mistaken for other illnesses such as mumps or chickenpox. FALSE E) Carbon Monoxide is produced when fuels such as gas, coal, oil, petrol, wood and paraffin burn without enough oxygen. TRUE F) Some of the appliances in your home that produce Carbon Monoxide are; kettle, television and ipods. FALSE G) The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland recommends you service your appliance at least every 5 years. FALSE H) If you suspect Carbon Monoxide, you should keep using the appliance. FALSE I) It is not safe to bring a disposable barbeque into a tent. TRUE J) In a medical emergency, CALL 999 for an ambulance. TRUE

Photographic Task BADGE TASK 7 Take a photograph or draw a picture of appliances in your home that produce Carbon Monoxide.

Match Words To Pictures BADGE TASK 8 In the white space below each photograph, write the name of each appliance. Oil Heating Boiler Open Fire Cooker Room Heater Wood Burning Stove Gas Fire Gas Heater Carbon Monoxide Alarm

BADGE TASK 9 Gas Flame Characteristics Colour in the gas flames below to show how appliance flames should look when they are burning normally, and how they look when the appliance needs an URGENT service to help prevent Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Normal appearance of a Natural Gas Flame Normal appearance of a Liquid Propane Flame Call for Service

BADGE TASK 10 Set the scene - Group Work Read the following scenarios and take part in a role playing task to learn about the causes and dangers of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Scenario 1 Students are staying in rented accommodation while studying at university. They ask the landlord if their gas boiler and gas fire have been installed and serviced by a Gas Safe Registered engineer. The landlord tells them that all the appliances are safe. The students accept the landlord s reply, but they should insist on seeing the installation and service certificates for the boiler and fire. It is their right as tenants. One morning, one of the students doesn t appear for breakfast and her flatmates look in on her. They find her in still in bed, complaining of feeling dizzy and she has a headache. She stumbles to the bathroom where she is sick and collapses to the floor. The flatmates call 999. When the ambulance arrives, the paramedics carry out CPR and try to revive her, but the student does not regain consciousness and dies later in hospital. They discovered that the gas boiler hadn t been installed correctly, hadn t been serviced and had started leaking Carbon Monoxide fumes. Because the students couldn t taste, see or smell the fumes, they were unaware of the danger. Scenario 2 A young girl goes on a camping holiday with her family. The weather is good and her dad suggests they have a barbeque. As they are getting ready to go sleep, they start to feel a bit chilly. Dad thinks it would be a good idea to bring the barbeque into the porch of the tent to help keep them warm. The next morning, Mum and Dad feel unwell. Mum complains of feeling short of breath and Dad has a headache and is feeling dizzy. The little girl isn t awake yet, but her mum and dad think she is just overtired and let her lie on. However, when they decide it s time for her to get up, they can t wake her. She is unconscious. Mum and Dad call 999, an ambulance comes and paramedics carry out CPR on the young girl. Luckily, they are able to resuscitate her; they give her oxygen and transfer her to hospital to recover. They discovered that the barbeque was giving off Carbon Monoxide fumes, even though the family had finished cooking with it hours before. The tent was small and there wasn t enough fresh air or ventilation, which meant Carbon Monoxide fumes were able to build up inside.

BADGE TASK 11 Carbon Monoxide Survey This is a survey to carry out with your family and friends to help them understand the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning. 1. Each person who you interview has to use at least one of the following in their homes. If they do not they are excluded from the survey: a gas boiler a gas appliance e.g. cooker/fire oil fired central heating an open fire a solid fuel appliance e.g. glass fronted fire a wood burning stove 2. The person you are interviewing must agree that they are responsible or jointly responsible for paying household bills such as energy, rates etc.to establish the household decision maker. 3. Ask the person - Have you done the survey on carbon monoxide before? Answer yes or no. If yes - do not continue - person cannot complete more than one survey. Age Group Person 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person 5 Age 18-25 (Including students) Age 26-40 Age 41-65 Age 65+

Questions to be asked: Actions taken: Q.1 Please answer the following: a. I have had either an oil boiler or a gas boiler serviced in my home in the past year b. I have advised family and friends to take action to protect themselves against carbon monoxide poisoning c. I have at least one carbon monoxide alarm in my home i.e. an alarm that detects only carbon monoxide and is different from a normal smoke alarm Knowledge and attitudes: Q.2 Please answer the following: a. I don t worry about carbon monoxide poisoning b. I think the chances of being killed by carbon monoxide poisoning are very low c. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a major health issue in NI d. I know of someone who s been poisoned by carbon monoxide e. I think my home is well protected against carbon monoxide poisoning Agree/Disagree Agree/Disagree Q. 3. Please answer the following: a. The single most important way to protect yourself from carbon monoxide is to annually service your fuel-burning appliances in the home b. I would only use a Gas Safe Registered engineer to service my gas appliances c. I will know if I am being poisoned by carbon monoxide because I will be able to smell it or taste it d. Carbon monoxide detectors are only a secondary defence - the most important way to protect yourself is to annually service fuel-burning appliances e. I think I should do more to protect against carbon monoxide poisoning than I currently do f. Most people are now having their home fuel boiler and appliances serviced every year Intentions: Q.4: Please answer the following: a. I intend to get my gas boiler serviced within the next 12 months b. I intend to get my oil boiler serviced within the next 12 months c. I intend to get my chimney swept within the next 12 months d. I intend to service only my gas or oil boiler within the next year, but not the rest of the fuel-burning appliances in my home e. I intend to get at least one carbon monoxide alarm installed where I live Agree/Disagree Agree/Disagree

BADGE TASK 12 Design a poster