Impact of lightning strikes on hospital functions.
Prehosp Disaster Med
; 24(5): 430-2, 2009.
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ABSTRACT
Two regional hospitals were struck by lightning during a one-month period. The first hospital, which had 236 beds, suffered a direct strike to the building. This resulted in a direct spread of the power peak and temporary failure of the standard power supply. The principle problems, after restoring standard power supply, were with the fire alarm system and peripheral network connections in the digital radiology systems. No direct impact on the hardware could be found. Restarting the servers resolved all problems. The second hospital, which had 436 beds, had a lightning strike on the premises and mainly experienced problems due to induction. All affected installations had a cable connection from outside in one way or another. The power supplies never were endangered. The main problem was the failure of different communication systems (telephone, radio, intercom, fire alarm system). Also, the electronic entrance control went out. During the days after the lightening strike, multiple software problems became apparent, as well as failures of the network connections controlling the technical support systems. There are very few ways to prepare for induction problems. The use of fiber-optic networks can limit damage. To the knowledge of the authors, these are the first cases of lightning striking hospitals in medical literature.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Suministros de Energía Eléctrica
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Salud Laboral
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Atención al Paciente
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Sistemas de Comunicación en Hospital
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Hospitales
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Relámpago
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Prehosp Disaster Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
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Bélgica