The application must be sub-
ed to the Secretary of PACE
one month prior to the commence

of the learning activity.

Selection Process

1. The applications will be forwarded
to the Bursary Committee of PACE
for consideration, and for the
selection of bursary recipients.

2. Bursary criteria shall be applied
to determine any recipient.

Contact

Please address applications and all

enquiries to:

The Bursary Committee

Pacific Association for Continuing

Education
c/o Douglas College

P.O, Box 2503
New Westminster, B.C.
V3L 5B2

 

 

 

 

 

CARBON MONOXIDE

Cold Weather Driving Hazard

Cold weather driving means additional
hazards for the motorists — snow-covered
roads, icy bridges, and frosted wind-
shields. Cold weather also intensifies a less
obvious, but just as deadly, hazard — car-
bon monoxide.

Carbon monoxide is an invisible, taste-
less, odorless gas produced by the
incomplete burning of fuel. It attacks the
body by attaching itself to red blood cells,
blocking the attachment of oxygen, which
is normally carried by the red blood cells
to nourish body tissues. Carbon monoxide
combines with red blood cells 200 times
faster than oxygen, and the oxygen star-
vation caused by carbon monoxide poi-
soning can cripple or kill victims within
minutes.

Carbon monoxide poisoning is a greater
hazard in cold weather, because cold
weather usually means drivers roll their
windows up, cutting off ventilation that
would normally sweep fumes out of the
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Positive ventilation — a movement of
fresh air through the car’s passenger com-
partment — is a strong defense against Car-
bon monoxide poisoning. Opening fresh
air inlets at the front of the car and lower-
ing side windows slightly can give this
kind of ventilation.

Just opening side vent windows won’t
always ventilate a car. Vent windows
opened to their normal position draw air
out of the passenger compartment rather
than funneling it in, and the result could
be to help draw in exhaust fumes already
seeping into the passenger compartment.
Vents should be closed to avoid drawing

in exhaust fumes from other vehicles

when a car is inching along in slow traffic
or moving through a tunnel.

Driving a station wagon with the rear
window partially open, or driving a car
with the trunk lid partly open, is particu-
larly ‘dangerous because exhaust fumes
tend to hang behind a moving car and can
be sucked into these openings. If you must
have a trunk lid or rear window open
while driving, a positive ventilation flow
through the passenger compartment is
absolutely necessary.

Never idle the engine of a standing car
to keep the heater working. A standing car
with the windows rolled up has no ade-
quate ventilation.

Stopping exhaust leakage at its source is
even better than just providing good venti-
lation. Motorists should have their
exhaust systems checked to find and fix
blown gaskets, leaking pipe connections,
and holes in mufflers and tailpipes. Holes
in the floorboards, firewall, or trunk also
should be patched, because they can pro-
vide an easy entry for fumes leaking from
the exhaust system.

Motorists could reduce the carbon mon-
oxide content of their engine exhausts by
keeping their engines in tune and giving
prompt attention to problems like sticking
automatic choke assemblies. Even in a
properly maintained car, however, motor-
ists should be aware of the possibility of
carbon monoxide poisoning.

If you find yourself getting sleepy or
sick at the wheel, suspect carbon monox-
ide immediately, Get out and breathe
some fresh air. Then drive with the win-
dows open more than usual and have the

car’s exhaust system checked at the first ©

opportunity.

FIRST AID MEETING

Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1978 at 9 a.m.y
First Aid Room, New West Campus.

 

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