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A 5 -year -old is dead after a hyperbaric camera, exploded in a medical center on Friday in Troy, Michigan, Police officers and firefighters said.
The unidentified victim was inside the camera, a pressurized container containing 100% oxygen, when suddenly exploded just before 8 am at Oxford Center, located in 165 Kirts BLVD.
The explosion caused a fire inside the camera room. It is not clear what caused the explosion and the posterior fire did not extend to the rest of the facilities, police officers and firefighters said.
The scene outside Oxford Center on Friday (Fox 2 Detroit)
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Police officials and firefighters said the child, from Royal Oak, was dead inside the camera when they arrived at the scene.
His mother, who was inside the room, suffered wounds in his arm, The police said.
Troy police lieutenant Ben Hancock described the explosion as a “very sad incident” and said such an incident is rare.
A hyperbaric chamber at the General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2006. A similar one is used in Oxford Center. (Reuters/Allegheny General Hospital/Follet)
“We are not familiar to respond to one of these recently,” said Hancock. “Once again, (a) horrible and tragic incident, which we do not want to answer.”
TO Hyperbaric chamber It contains 100% oxygen, which is up to three times the amount of oxygen that the officials said in a normal room.
“The presence of such a high amount of oxygen in a pressurized environment can make it extremely combustible,” said Lieutenant Keith Young of the Troy Fire Department. “Our initial research shows that this is not a common incident, and the scene remains under active investigation.”
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It is not clear what condition the child had that required him to be inside the camera, which is used to provide hyperbaric oxygherapy (HBOT). A typical chamber holds a person and requires the patient to go to a tube -shaped device that looks like a magnetic resonance machine and breathes oxygen.
Hboy is well known for treating diving and deep water divers affected by the rapid change of pressure around it, according to the FDA. The devices are also used to treat a variety of others health problemsincluding carbon monoxide poisoning, diabetic foot ulcers, cerebral palsy, anemia, skin and bone infection, as well as vision loss.
These devices require that the authorization of the FDA ensures that they are approved to be used as planned and that they are safe and effective.
The scene outside Oxford Center on Friday (Fox 2 Detroit)
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In a statement to Detroit Free Press, Oxford Center spokesman Andrew Kistner wrote that the cause of the explosion is unknown.
“This morning, a fire began inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. The child in that camera did not survive and the child’s mother was injured,” says the statement.
“The safety and well -being of the children we serve is our highest priority. Nothing has happened like this in our more than 15 years by providing this type of therapy. We will participate in all the research that must now take place.”
In May 2009, An explosion of a pressurized oxygen chamber killed a 4 -year -old boy from his 62 -year -old grandmother. The authorities said an explosion evicted a tube attached to the hyperbaric chamber, which resulted in an explosion and a flash fire, according to CBS.
