Cellphone lights enable operation to proceed in blackout

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noodle @ Jul 31st 2007 8:29AM

and they didn't have freakin flashlights at the hospital?

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Bernhard @ Jul 31st 2007 8:42AM

5 possible reasons for that:
1. They didnt have any
2. The batteries expired
3. The bulbs blew
4. They couldnt find them
5. The patient operated on was the hospital's electrical engineer and probably threw them away thinking they were not neccesary.

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Fubar @ Jul 31st 2007 9:06AM

Or:

6. Hospital didn't have the budget for explosion-proof flashlights suitable for use in operating rooms stocked with oxygen cylinders and volatile anesthetics.

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nih @ Jul 31st 2007 9:38AM

Flashlights aren't known for exploding and there are plenty of things hotter than a flashlight bulb in an operating theatre. And that's only a few of the reasons that explosions aren't even remotely a concern in an operating theatre.

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Diogo @ Jul 31st 2007 3:44PM

No, the simple fact of the spark created by pushing the power button on a flashlight would suffice to ignite the pure oxygen and anesthetics used in an Operating Room.

The flashlight would not actually explode, but the simple fact of turning it on could potentially ignite the atmosphere in the room.

My R$ 0.04

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