Operating Room Fires

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Operating Room Fires

Fire safety and emergency evacuation guidelines for intensive care units and operating theatres: for use in the event of fire, flood, power cut, oxygen supply failure, noxious gas, structural collapse or other critical incidents Guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists and the Intensive Care Society

Practice Advisory for the Prevention and Management of Operating Room Fires: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Operating Room Fires

Scoring fire risk for surgical patients

APSF: Fire Safety Video

Akhtar N, Ansar F, Baig MS, Abbas A. Airway fires during surgery: management and prevention. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jan-Mar; 32(1): 109-11. PMID: 27006554

Simpson JI, Wolf GL, Rosen A, Krespi Y, Schiff GA. The oxygen and nitrous oxide indices of flammability of endotracheal tubes determined by laser ignition. Laryngoscope. 1991 Sep; 101(9): 981-4. PMID: 1886447

Operating Room Fire Prevention: Video in Clinical Anesthesia Prevención de Incendios en la Sala de Operaciones: Vídeo en Anestesia Clínica

Intraperitoneal fire during abdominal surgeries: ‘Fire in the belly’ not always a good thing!