ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1985
Page Count: 4

Multiple Deaths Resulting from Shipboard Exposure to Trichlorotrifluoroethane
Robinson, JJ
Chief toxicologist and staff toxicologist, Laboratory Medicine Department, Naval Hospital, MD

Lord, JT
Staff forensic pathologist, Naval Hospital, VA

Jones, JW
Chief toxicologist and staff toxicologist, Laboratory Medicine Department, Naval Hospital, MD

Clark, MA
Head, Autopsy Service Laboratory Medicine Department and the c/o Clinical Investigation Department, Naval Hospital, CA

(Received 2 October 1984; accepted 10 October 1984)

Abstract

During the course of dockside ship maintenance, a compartment was partially flooded with tricholotrifluoroethane gas. One sailor entered the compartment, collapsed, and was then rescued by two other men. All three victims then climbed a 11-m (36-ft) ladder and collapsed. They all experienced a rapid development of cardiac arrest. We report on the pathologic, toxicologic, and pathophysiologic aspects of the incident.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, toxicology, trichlorotrifluoroethane

Paper ID: JFS11071J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11071J
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