Fire in the operating room during tracheotomy: A case report

AANA Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Paugh, Dana H ^a,b   White, Kathryn W ^a,b  

^a Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Operating room; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE BURN; FACE MASK; FIRE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT CARE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK REDUCTION; TRACHEOTOMY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BURNS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FACIAL INJURIES; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOMS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PALATE, SOFT; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 16844373015     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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