Hammett's Death Case

The initial problem with Lewis Blackman's case was that lewis was administered inappropriate medication. First he was given a strong dose of opioid pain medication and on top of that prescribed an adult IV painkiller called Toradol. His medication was being increase even though it was not affecting the patient relieve pain. The nurses fail to diagnose the patient's pain and reevaluate him on his pain status. Followed by that Lewis was having trouble breathing, that is one of the first priorities for a nurse. Yet they assume because he had a history of asthma, him having affected breathing was normal. Therefore, his vital signs, pulse oximeter, were compromised the day after surgery from 90 to 85 which is low. The hospital was not concerned

In the past year, since the amendment to the Canadian Criminal Code was passed, and Medical Assistance in dying (MAID) became law, health care professionals, and their regulatory bodies have been revising their professional practice standards. Because of this bench marking legislation, it created legal and ethical issues that will be addressed in this paper. I will critically analyze the barriers for patients and their families and for the health care professionals who are involved in providing MAID. I will also discuss the regulatory bodies, and their guidelines and standards for their members, and how this may create legal issues as well.

The “Lewis Blackman Story” told by Helen Haskell, a person who continues to advocate for change and improved quality of care. Lewis Blackman the son of Helen Haskell died at age fifteen after developing complications after surgery that included incorrect administration of a medication and a nursing team who failed to see the changes in patient’s condition and effectively and sufficiently respond to the change in a timely manner ultimately resulting in failure to rescue and the patient’s death. More specifically, the staff failed to recognize the signs of shock that this patient. Likewise, no rescue plan was in place. Lastly, failed protocols and failed leadership

I also informed her that there is a tube placed on his mouth which was used to support breathing and multiple intravenous sites. Hospital chaplain, patient advocate and social worker accompanied family to patient’s bedside. Once family returned to bereavement room I notified the family the body of LL will be transferred to morgue and will be given to medical examiner. I also provided information to LLs uncle that any questions family or funeral home has they can call and coordinate with the hospital. I provided them with hospital phone number and the number of social worker. In addition to notification of death, the meeting should provide guidance to survivors concerning what policy and procedural steps will occur in the immediate future. An understanding of local medical examiner, police, funeral home, and hospital policies and procedures is necessary to provide a road map to survivors(Medscape). Social worker and the patent advocate stayed with the family at the bereavement room. Vice president of nursing and chief medical officer visited the family at gave their

The medicolegal system across the country has been set up with one goal in mind, knowing how and why a person died, and this has to be done in a way that allows no bias, adheres to standards and provides competency. While the general principle remains the same, the variety of this setup across the states leads to certain shortcomings.

I do not have a written account of the scrub nurses or other Operating Room staff testimony as to what actually happened in this Operating Room. It would be speculation on my part to assume the worst of the physician without having all the details before me.

The nurse and ER doctor failed to recognize how the medications react by relaxing the skeletal muscles, compromising Mr. B's lung expansion. Since Mr. B could not walk around to expand his lungs, he could have benefited from bronchodilator treatments or supplemental oxygen. When the LPN addressed the low oxygen alarm by resetting the alarm and leaving the room, she neglected to assess Mr. B and failed to perform her duties as a nurse.

Case Study: Sandra, a 45-year old female, was brought into the emergency room by her friends with a severe head wound. According to her friends, Sandra tripped and fell after consuming several alcoholic drinks. When she arrived at the hospital she was incoherent and the hospital staff was not able to contact her next of kin. Due to the severity of her wounds, the physician chose to begin medical procedures.

Surgeries are always frightening for the patient, and everyone close to him or her tend to prepare themselves for the worst and pray for the best during the surgery; but sadly what changed an eleven-month-old boy named Trevor’s life forever occurred after the success of the surgery. This eleven-month-old child underwent successful foot surgery, but somehow ended up dead due to morphine toxicity less than 16 hours after the surgery. He was originally prescribed Demerol, but somehow received five milligrams of morphine twice by injection. The nurse testified she didn’t realize she was administering the wrong drug. The nurse’s medical error not only killed a child; it affected a family, the nurse’s professional career, and forever changed the

Because of understaffing of nurses in the hospital, Kendarius nurse did not assess him often enough and did not monitor his oxygen saturations level. Kendarius declining condition was not noticed by the nurse because the nurse was overworked. Kendarius suffered a respiratory arrest with resulting

On February 16 upon entering a room to assist with a transfer, I quickly check in on my post operation patient who was previously stable, I noticed their health status had rapidly changed. Moreover, my patient was found sitting in a very ridged positon looking pale, sweating, appearing anxious and in distress with a clenched jaw and intensely vibrating left leg. At this time, I was currently with my instructor and we immediate began to assess and comfort the patient. Our assessment found an increased blood pressure and heart rate and the patient reported numbness and twitching in their left leg. Subsequently, the patient

It is important to first understand the parameters of this case. Dr. Thompson, a board-certified physician treated his 85-year-old patient with Norcuron, a drug that induces paralysis, but has no direct pain management. The patient died shortly after the drug’s administration. After investigation, Dr. Thompson was reprimanded for his actions.

Dying is one of the worries of life. This case study is about a 78 year old Mr Barrett, who had an accident and remains in a coma state and on the ventilator three days after the misfortune. Intesivist’s advice to the family is to remove the ventilator and allow Mr Barrett to die peacefully but the family are against to Intensivist’s suggestion. Below are lists of questions, followed by my responses that have ethical and legal implications regarding End of Life care and DNR decisions concerning Mr Barrett’s case.

Surgery in any form is serious business, and can end life if when hospital staff does not follow careful instructions and conduct observations consistently. When a person is to have surgery an anesthetist is comes in to prep the patient for surgery. In prepping the patient, he/she asks a series of questions such as height and weight, as well as other questions pertaining to the patient’s health history. Documentation of all responses are for use in administering aestheticizing medicines, as well as tools for monitoring patient’s vitals to ascertain if and when a problem presents itself, and the safest, and easiest route to solving it. This is done to help ensure that the patient is clear to have surgery with little to no complications, and the surgery is a success. Oxygen during surgery is vital to keep the brain alive and prevent cardiac arrest. Lack of oxygen creates a mine field of events which death is imminent. This is the case of a patient who did not receive the proper amount of oxygen in a timely manner which ended in her death. Under those circumstances, the Tort Law, mainly Respondeat Superior, hold the institution responsible for its employees causing the patient’s death via vicarious liability.

The medical intervention provides the options to patient that how they die. This process is takes place when there is no hope for recovery. But the response from the patient and proxies are most important. The American college of Health care Executives expects that health care executives must be committed to the competent care of dying patients. “It’s responsibility of health care executives to ensure the patient’s