Airway fire during tracheostomy: prevention strategies for surgeons and anaesthetists

Authors
Rogers, ML Nickalls, RWD Brackenbury, ET Salama, FD Beattie, MG Perks, AGB
Citation
Ml. Rogers et al., Airway fire during tracheostomy: prevention strategies for surgeons and anaesthetists, ANN RC SURG, 83(6), 2001, pp. 376-380
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
ISSN journal
00358843 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
376 - 380
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(200111)83:6<376:AFDTPS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Airway fires are an uncommon but real and devastating complication of trach eostomy, One such fire in a 31-year-old man is described. Surgical fires ar e discussed, and 15 reported cases of tracheostomy fire are reviewed. A tra cheostomy protocol, adopted by our department and designed to avoid this li fe-threatening complication, is described. Surgeons and anaesthetists invol ved in tracheostomy must understand the fire hazard and how to avoid it.