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Surgical fires -- in which patients actually catch fire in the operating room -- are rarely talked about, but they do happen, Baltimore television station WBAL reported.
Cathy Reuter Lake became a crusader to make people aware of surgical fires after her mother, Catherine Darahano Reuter, underwent a tracheotomy on New Year's Eve in 2002.
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Risk Of Surgical Fires Rarely Talked About
News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Feb 4, 2009 4:10 PM EST
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I think more information on these fres should be available, I believe patients should be informed, and new laws passed to report and follow these 'surgical fires".
"Sinai Hospital anesthesiologist Dr. James Pepple told the station that most accidents happen when oxygen is flowing and a surgical tool such as a laser creates a spark that ignites the flammable items surrounding a patient, including alcohol-based antiseptics, paper and surgical drapes.Even a person's hair can catch fire, Pepple said."Once that happens, it can go to the mask or the nasal canal, and then it becomes a blowtorch, because you've got this flammable plastic with oxygen flowing through it," Pepple said."
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