Open AccessHypoxic incident in the operating theatre due to a central oxygen pipeline problem
Author(s) -
AA Abraham
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sri lankan journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2279-1965
pISSN - 1391-8834
DOI - 10.4038/slja.v23i2.8070
Subject(s) - medicine , scopus , sri lanka , audit , medline , management , history , ancient history , political science , law , south asia , economics
Central oxygen pipeline failure is not a common problem. In our theatre complex compressed air got into the oxygen line while five surgeries were going on under general anaesthesia, causing hypoxia. The problem was identified in time and corrective measures were taken before any harm was done to the patients. The way in which this freak accident happened is described.
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