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Jury says NY doctor not to blame for patient who caught on fire during cesarean section
FoxNews ^ | October 27, 2012

Posted on 10/27/2012 9:32:19 AM PDT by Gamecock

Edited on 10/27/2012 9:44:13 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A jury has decided that a Syracuse doctor isn't to blame for an operating-room mishap that caused a pregnant woman to catch fire during a cesarean section delivery.

Kira Reed suffered a 7-inch-long burn on her side two years ago when an alcohol-based antiseptic applied to her skin was accidentally ignited by a medical device.


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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fire

1 posted on 10/27/2012 9:32:26 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock

Lot’s of dangerous stuff in the OR.

Oxygen, various disinfectants, sparks from cautery devices.


2 posted on 10/27/2012 9:34:42 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock

I hate it when that happens...


3 posted on 10/27/2012 9:37:07 AM PDT by madmominct
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To: Gamecock

The older anesthesia gases were a big explosion risk.


4 posted on 10/27/2012 9:40:08 AM PDT by Kozak (The means of defence again.t foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home JM)
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To: Gamecock
Early in the space race, the Soviets had a cosmonaut living in a 100% O2 (@1atm) chamber. He used an alcohol wipe to remove sensor adhesive from his chest, and tossed it away. Unfortunately for him, it landed on his hot electric hotplate. He didn't stand a chance.

This predated the Apollo 1 disaster by a couple of years.

5 posted on 10/27/2012 9:55:48 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

There were also a couple of cosmonauts that died before Yuri Gagarin did his orbits around Earth. One was Iluyshin and the other was Komarov.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW___DcGGx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7npNk3EGKBQ


6 posted on 10/27/2012 10:08:33 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Calvin Locke

There were also a couple of cosmonauts that died before Yuri Gagarin did his orbits around Earth. One was Iluyshin and the other was Komarov.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW___DcGGx0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7npNk3EGKBQ


7 posted on 10/27/2012 10:09:09 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
Assisted spontaneous human combustion?

Not a ping? Industrial strength humor? Who knows?

Vague correlation with the Banana sunscreen catching fire... coincidence?

8 posted on 10/27/2012 10:09:53 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Gamecock

Watch out for that kid !


9 posted on 10/27/2012 10:16:21 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3

Just yesterday a friend was blown through a wall by basement sealant as he worked in a basement. He is now in a burn center fighting for his life. Still don’t know what ignited the chemical. Rumor that he told somebody to stop smoking. He will need many prayers.


10 posted on 10/27/2012 12:18:00 PM PDT by WVNan
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Prayers in Christ for God’s mercy and grace in his life and those of his loved ones.


11 posted on 10/27/2012 12:29:38 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: gusopol3

Thank you FRiend.


12 posted on 10/27/2012 1:16:07 PM PDT by WVNan
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