Ernie's Medical Treatment Case Summary

Patient is a 60 year old gentleman with PMH significant for CVA with residual left side weakness and speech difficulties, IDDM2, HFrEF (15% in March 2017 per cardiac Cath, and 32% per TTE 3/23/17 ), and CAD/MI s/p DES X 2 to the LAD (Tampa VA in 2012, 3/2017 at Florida Hospital), presenting initially to OVAMC on 5/19/17 with left hip pain after a mechanical fall at home. He had an MI in late March 2017, at which time he had a DES placed in the proximal-mid LAD (LHC also revealed a LV apical thrombus – 1.6 x 1.4 cm). His EF at that time was reportedly 15% per LHC, and it was suggested he get a Life Vest prior to discharge. Patient subsequently left AMA, without a Life Vest and without prescriptions (including the one

His illness has been diagnosed as a heart condition and the problem solving approach would be his medication that he will not take (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com).

Rarely any physician intends to harm patients when he or she provides treatment to them. Patients see physicians and specialists in full faith that they will get help with a condition. What complicates the patient-doctor relationship is that the outcome of each patient’s treatment is different because of individual health conditions and the course of treatment chosen by the doctor. Problems arise when a patient is not satisfied with care provided by the doctor or in extreme cases when a patient dies. Since most of the time it is hard to clearly determine whether the outcome was solely a result of the course of treatment chosen by the doctor or whether other factors played a role too, quite often patients take their

“The avowed purpose of EMTALA is not to guarantee that all patient were properly diagnosed, or even to assure they received adequate care, but instead to provide an ‘adequate first response to a medical

Although it could have been prevented the doctors there were unwilling to REALLY commit to helping him “My father had entered the hospital seeking help. But his face was unshaven, his clothes disheveled, his name unfamiliar, his address not in an affluent area. The hospital looked at him askance, insulted him with ridiculous questions, and basically told him to fend for himself.” The book “The Other Wes Moore” both boys had similar experiences under similar conditions but had different outcomes in the future.

Dr. Sewell claimed that the plans made patients seem sicker than they really were.  He said that they claimed that these patients had medical conditions that they didn't really have.

Hector v. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a case that involves Frances Hector who entered Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to have a surgical operation on her heart (Cheesman, 2013). To the misfortune of Hector, the pacemaker was defective and caused injury which resulted in a law suit that Hector filed against Cedars-Sinai. Cheeseman (2013) indicated that Hector was seeking recovery of damages for the breach of warranty of the pacemaker and that the surgery was a sale of goods under Article 2 (Sales) of the UCC.

All three providers have agreed that prescribing a pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment regimen must result from clinical judgment based on a thorough assessment of the patient and the patient’s environment, present and past medical history, current home medication, the determination of differential diagnosis and appropriate diagnostic procedure, a review of potential alternative therapies and specific knowledge about the drug chosen and the disease process it is designed to treat (Woo & Robinson, 2016; p.6).

The family vision is for Jaime to be able to manage his impulsive behaviors, to make better choices and to not be easily influence by negative peers. Jaime would like to be able to use coping skills when he becomes angry.

Shortly thereafter, Sean flew to the hospital and arrived with fever, sweats, and chills. Then, MD Anderson demanded $35,000 to begin the treatment plan but I was surprised to read that Sean had to suffer 90 minutes in the reception room because the receptionist had to wait for the initial $7,500 check to be cleared. In the end, Sean’s total treatment plan and

DOI: 11/24/2011. The patient is a 48-year-old female home health aide who sustained injury while turning a patient in bed to put a clean pad when the bed moved. Per OMNI, the patient is diagnosed with L4-5 disc herniation with annular tear and left knee radicular syndrome. She has undergone posterolateral and interbody fusion at L4-5 on 02/18/2013.

his chronic pain in his back. Nurse J. never questioned the orders for medications or the

I agree with the decision reached. The appeal should be dismissed and Professor Starson should be deemed to have the capacity to make his own medical decisions. This is because of the provision set out in section 4(1) of the Health Care Consent Act which sets out the test for incapacity which is the defining issue of this case. The section states that the individual must be able to; understand the information that is relevant to making a decision about the treatment, and appreciate the reasonably foreseeable consequences of a decision or lack of decision. If one is to determine whether Professor Starson lacks capacity to make is own medical decisions regarding treatment they would first have to apply both of the components of the aforementioned

Prior to moving to Chattanooga, Ms. Green had visited other doctors and tried other solutions but had not seen the level of care or the relief she was seeking. Fortunately, once she made an appointment with Erlanger's Dr. Colin Goudelocke, she found what she was looking

This can be read as a key ethical question to many healthcare case studies because of the errors and situations that occur. One of the explanations for this occurrence may be the overwhelming workload, chaotic environment and lack of individual attention prescribed to each patient. These issues can cause a disruption to the ethical principle of Beneficence. The principle of Beneficence calls to action the act of helping others and having compassion for the patients. This principle can be threatened when a doctor or caretaker is overworked and unable to effectively manage the series of patients and work they are assigned to take on. I believe that the admitting doctor did not initially catch the error of not calling for the specific drug need because he was more focused on getting Mr. Londborg stable and on the medication to treat his initial and present condition before worrying about the preventative medication. In addition, the doctor was so focused on helping everyone all at once that he was blind to the small details and loose ends that needed to be taken care