Comments on: Laws of Physics Overturned in Dayton

By: JohnQ1

JohnQ1 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:58:21 +0000

That seems to happen far too often we recently had a patient that burned their face lighting a smoke and forgot they had their oxy on. HMMM

By: JohnQ1

JohnQ1 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:58:21 +0000

That seems to happen far too often we recently had a patient that burned their face lighting a smoke and forgot they had their oxy on. HMMM

By: Name

Name — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:15:15 +0000

Oxygen is not flamable…it will not burn by itself. However, it is an oxidizer that will rapidly aid the combustion of any flaming material it comes in contact with. I would assume in this case that the increased oxygen in the proximity of the burning cigarette cause it to flame up and in turn then also caused his clothing to flare as well. Dick Gray, Ex-Chief, Winnisquam, NH