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KAMEDO Report No. 93 The Power Failure at Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, 07 April 2007

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Lars-Göran Angantyr ,
Eskil Häggström  and
Per Kulling
Lars-Göran Angantyr
Affiliation:
KAMEDO = Swedish Disaster Medicine Study Organization
Eskil Häggström
Affiliation:
KAMEDO = Swedish Disaster Medicine Study Organization
Per Kulling
Affiliation:
KAMEDO = Swedish Disaster Medicine Study Organization
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Abstract

A sudden and extensive power failure occurred at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge on Easter Saturday, 07 April 2007. The power failure lasted one hour and 22 minutes, but it took a longer time for activities to return to normal. It put many patients at great risk, particularly in the intensive care unit and other departments with critically ill patients. This report details the conditions and response at Karolinska University Hospital during the power failure and provides lessons learned for future events.

Keywords

disasteremergengymanagementgas supplyinfrastructurelession learnedobserver studiespower failuresafe hospitalssafety of healthcare
Type
Special Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 468 - 470
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2009

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