OR Fire + Electrical Safety
Patient safety · 2.0 credit hours · 2 credit hr · 80% to pass
Closed-claim cases of OR fires + electrical injury are preventable with the protocols in this course. Triad recognition, isolation transformer, line isolation monitor, electrosurgery hazards, and rehearsed fire response.
📚 Course content
Work through these lectures, then take the final quiz at the bottom.
- Lesson 1 · 6 min readOR Fire — Recognition + Response
OR fires ~200-240/year in the US (ECRI/FDA current estimate, down from ~500-650 historically) in the US. Mostly preventable. When one starts: the response sequence has to be muscle memory — there's no time to think.
- Lesson 2 · 7 min readElectrical Safety in the OR
Isolation transformer, line isolation monitor, microshock vs macroshock, electrosurgery hazards. The infrastructure that keeps current from killing your patient.
🎯 Final quiz
15 questions · 80% to pass · auto-graded · Class A pending NBCRNA
Click below to start the timed final quiz. You'll see one question at a time. Pick your answer, then press Next to record + advance. Rationale + final score appear at the end. Pass with ≥80% to earn your certificate.