Prevention and Management of Operating Room Fire: An Interprofessional Operating Room Team Simulation Case

• Main Authors: Christine L. Mai (Author), Praelada Wongsirimeteekul (Author), Emil Petrusa (Author), Rebecca Minehart (Author), Maureen Hemingway (Author), May Pian-Smith (Author), Ersne Eromo (Author), Roy Phitayakorn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Operating room (OR) fire can be a devastating and costly event to patients and health care providers. Prevention and effective management of such fires may present difficulties even for experienced OR staff. Methods This simulation involved a 52-year-old man presenting for excisional bi...