title: Our practice awareness with volatile gases and vapours.
abstract: The distinctive aroma that once identified hospitals is reminiscent of the days of using open ether anaesthesia. Throughout this period the risk of explosions posed a very real threat to operating theatres, and the attention to safety produced the means of maintaining security for clinical practitioners; moreover protecting the vulnerability of the unconscious patient. The creation of the Davy lamp in 1815 was to spark our continual awareness regarding the impact of gas and chemical pollution.
authors.affiliation: Correspondence address: Anaesthetic Practitioner, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple, EX31 4JB. kstephensborg@aol.com
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stephens-Borg
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D014835:Volatilization
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation