Description of Event or Problem · 1
FLASH FIRE OCCURRED IN ORAL CAVITY-FLAMES WERE SIMUTANEOUSLY EXTINGUISHED. CAUTERY WAS REMOVED STAT FROM FIELD AND CAUTERY MACHINE DISCONNECTED. PATIENT WAS EXTUBATED AND INTUBATED PER ANESTHESIA. IN PACU, A SMALL BURN WAS NOTED ON LEFT LATERAL ASPECT OF TONGUE. EXAMINED BY DR., NO TREATMENT NEEDEDDEVICE LABELED FOR SINGLE USE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: SATISFACTORY CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY. NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: ACTUAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WAS EVALUATED, VISUAL EXAMINATION. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: TELEMETRY FAILURE. CONCLUSION: NONE OR UNKNOWN. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: INVALID DATA. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: OTHER. THE DEVICE WAS NOT DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF.