title: Crisis in the operating room: fires, explosions and electrical accidents.
abstract: Fires, explosions and electrical accidents in the operating theater are rare events, but are devastating in terms of structural damage to the equipment in theaters and to human lives. While various circumstances lead to these troubles, we can avoid and manage them by learning from the instructive cases accumulated so far. We describe operating room crises such as fires, explosions and electrical breakdowns, and discuss causes and countermeasures.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Center East, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, 116-8567, Japan.
authors: Keiko
authors: K
authors: Nishiyama
authors: Makiko
authors: M
authors: Komori
authors: Mitsuharu
authors: M
authors: Kodaka
authors: Yasuko
authors: Y
authors: Tomizawa
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D004560:Electricity; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005107:Explosions; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms; D015208:Smoke Inhalation Injury