Multiple deaths resulting from shipboard exposure to trichlorotrifluoroethane.
During the course of dockside ship maintenance, a compartment was partially flooded with tricholotrifluoroethane gas. One sailor entered the compartment, collapsed, and was then rescued by two other men. All three victims then climbed a 11-m (36-ft) ladder and collapsed. They all experienced a rapid development of cardiac arrest. We report on the pathologic, toxicologic, and pathophysiologic aspects of the incident.
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000389:Air Conditioning / Q000295:instrumentation*; D064227:Chlorofluorocarbons, Ethane; D005617:Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012767:Ships
D064227:Chlorofluorocarbons, Ethane; D005617:Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane; C005850:1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane