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What is Water Fire Extinguisher?
This is the type of fire extinguisher found INSIDE of each OR.
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What is a chux pad?
This can be used while prepping to prevent prep solution from pooling.
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What is the EHC Intranet under Quick Links -> Policies and Procedures -> View all other Policies and Procedures Databases -> Emory Hospitals -> Dept EOC -> Operating Room
This is where you can find the Environment of Care (EOC) Policy for the EUH Operating Room.
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What is fuel, oxidizer, and ignition source?
These are the three components of the fire triad.
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What is PACU?
This is where you should go during a horizontal evacuation from the operating room.
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What is AIM?
This is what the "A" in PASS stands for.
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What is 18 inches?
This is the distance from the ceiling that must be kept clear so that sprinklers can saturate the area in the event of a fire.
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What is PACU?
This is where you should evacuate your patient from OR 3
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What is the electrosurgical unit (ESU), fiber optic light cord, laser, argon beam coagulator, power tools, defibrillator, electrical equipment
These are three examples of ignition sources in the fire triad.
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What is 2G ICU?
This is where you should go during a vertical evacuation from the operating room.
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What is the base of the fire?
This is where you should aim the fire extinguisher.
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What is three minutes?
This is the minimum amount of time to allow an alcohol-containing prep to dry before draping.
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What is the Unified Emergency Code card (green) located in your badge holder?
This is where you can find a list of all codes used in the EHC system.
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What are oxygen and nitrous oxide?
These are two examples of oxidizers in the fire triad.
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What is the quad behind the hospital?
This is where you should go during an external evacuation of the hospital.
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What is (A) ordinary combustibles, (B) flammable liquids, (C) electrical equipment?
An ABC fire extinguisher can be used to extinguish these types of fires.
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What is head, neck, or upper chest (44%)?
This is the most common area for a surgical fire to occur.
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What is Rescue, Alarm/Alert, Contain, Extinguish/Evacuate?
This is what the acronym R.A.C.E stands for.
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What are drapes, the patient, hair, gowns, head covering, linens, personnel, sponges, towels, dressings, endotracheal tube, shoe covers.
These are three examples of fuel in the fire triad.
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What is a tornado warning?
This is the code used when a tornado has been sighted in the area.
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What is OUTSIDE of each OR?
This is where the ABC fire extinguishers are located in the OR.
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What is 200-240?
This is the average number of surgical fires each year in the U.S.
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What is 2-1777?
This is the phone number to dial to call an emergency code at EUH.
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What are all three components: fuel, oxidizer, ignition.
These are the components of the fire triad that must be present for a fire to start.
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What is RUN, HIDE, FIGHT.
These are the three things you should do during a code SILVER.
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