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You are here: Home / Videos / Fire in the OR – Cause and Prevention

Fire in the OR – Cause and Prevention

 

Presented by Pascal Fuchshuber, MD at the SAGES 2014 Meeting; Panel – FUSE, Fire and Fiasco – OR Safety 101


Pennsylvania health care cost containment council data–25 sec
OR fires U.S.–48 sec
typical case report–50 sec
public attention skin mole excision–1:05
common causes of fires with citation–1:1


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Video Uploaded By:
Pascal Fuchshuber
Uploaded on
01/22/2015
Video Categories
FUSE, Fire and Fiasco - OR Safety 101
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
2014 Annual Meeting, Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Fuchshuber P
Video Institutions
Institute of Aviation Medicine--Farnborough United Kingdom, Kaiser Permanente--Walnut Creek CA, Walnut Creek Medical Center--Walnut Creek CA


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