pdbain@wateng.UUCP (Peter Bain) (03/29/85)
Near here, in Cambridge, Ontario, a man was killed when his oxygen was hooked up without a "T-piece", which allows air to enter the endotracheal tube and expired air to escape. "Evidence has shown that Parke's death was caused when oxygen entered his lungs at a pressure of about 40 pund per square inch" (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 27 March 1985, page B3) - peter bain ...!{allegra|decvax|clyde|ihnp4 }!watmath!wateng!pdbain hard mail: CCNG, CPH-2369A, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. Canada N2M 5G4 telephone: (519) 885-1211 x2810 -- - peter bain ...!{allegra|decvax|clyde|ihnp4 }!watmath!wateng!pdbain hard mail: CCNG, CPH-2369A, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. Canada N2M 5G4 telephone: (519) 885-1211 x2810
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (04/01/85)
> Near here, in Cambridge, Ontario, a man was killed when his oxygen > was hooked up without a "T-piece", which allows air to enter the > endotracheal tube and expired air to escape. > "Evidence has shown that Parke's death was caused when oxygen entered > his lungs at a pressure of about 40 pund per square inch" > (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 27 March 1985, page B3) > 30-40 PSI is standard setting for positive pressure beathing, but you must allow the patient to exhale. -Ron