1. Paige Klem OR Consortium
FIRE
Paige Klem
OR Consortium

2. OR Fire Statistics 550-650 surgical fires in US each year
Common sources:
68%: Electrosurgical Equipment
13%: Lasers
Common locations:
34%: Airway
28%: Head or Face
38%: Elsewhere
74% of cases had oxygen-enriched atmosphere as contributing factor

3. Homework review Facility Specific Where are your Fire Extinguishers?
What type of Fire Extinguishers do you have?
Where is your fire box?
What is in your fire box?
How do you call a Code Red?

4. Oxygen
Fuel
Heat
(Oxidizer)
(Ignition Source)
Game

5. Oxygen Fuel Heat Acetone Aerosols Alcohol Based Skin Prep
Blankets
Dressings
ET Tubes
Gauze
GI Tract Gases
Gowns
Nasal Cannula
Ointment
Oxygen Masks
Patient’s Hair
Surgical Drapes
The Patient
Tourniquet Cuffs
Oxygen
Fuel
Heat
(Oxidizer)
(Ignition Source)
Nitrous Oxide
02 Tank
Oxygen
Room Air
Argon Beam Coagulator
Defibrillator Pads
Drills
Electricity
ESU (Electrosurgical Unit)
Fiberoptic Light Source
Heated Probe
Hot Surfaces
Lasers

8. Dry powder: A, b, c Alcohol Prep Computer Drapes Electrical Cord
Energized Electrical Equipment
Flammable Liquids
Paper
Petroleum Jelly
Plastics
Sponges
Never Use This Kind in the OR
Now, reassign all of these items to a different category

9. Water: A
Drapes
Paper
Sponges
*Airway- Use water only*

10. Co2: b Alcohol Prep Computer Electrical Cord
Energized Electrical Equipment
Flammable Liquids
Petroleum Jelly

11. Foam: a, b Alcohol Prep Drapes Flammable Liquids Paper Petroleum Jelly
Sponges

12. Wet chemical: A, f
Drapes
Grease
Paper
Sponges

13. references
c3a/ /SEA_29.PDF