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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: hospital accidents
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Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 14:49:21 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  1 14:49:21 1985
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> 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