Are you seeing an increase in RSV cases?

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common illness that infects almost every child by the age of 2.  RSV presents with cold-like symptoms, runny nose, a cough, and fever and it is highly contagious and can spread very quickly through daycares, school settings, and long-term care facilities.  Once a person is infected, they remain contagious [...]

Dallas Paramedic Avoids Felony Injury Charges

Dallas Fire Department Fire Fighter/Paramedic Brad Cox will not be charged with a felony as per last week’s Grand Jury. Prosecutors were seeking an indictment of injury to a disabled person. Cox’s engine was reportedly called to a grass fire on a section of frontage road along interstate 30 in 2019. Cox is seen on video [...]

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

  It won’t be too long before we enter carbon monoxide (CO) season.  CO as we know is a colorless, odorless gas that prevents oxygen (O2) from binding to our hemoglobin.  In the United States somewhere between 170 and 400 people die every year of CO poisoning from nonautomotive sources.  These sources can be house fires, [...]