title: Incapacitation and fires.
abstract: Traditionally quoted levels of the products of combustion are too high to account for all the problems of incapacitation and death in fires. Because people may not die instantly in a fire, they can continue to inhale toxic gases after collapse. Collapse may occur very quickly. Experience drawn from analysing the effects of the Manchester Boeing 737 accident and a building fire are used to debate this issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Aviation and Forensic Pathology, RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine, Aylesbury, Bucks, England.
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D005390:Fires; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D015208:Smoke Inhalation Injury
chemical_list: D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin