On 12-Aug-15, at approximately 2158 hours, the writer and S/O P.Jo responded to a stat call in 4-East. Upon arrival the officers noticed that the clinical staffs have already escorted the patient to Seclusion room and were changing her into the Hospital Gown. The officers stood by outside the seclusion room, once the clinical staffs changed the patient into the Hospital Gown, they exited the room and the officers secured the door.
The clinical staff requested the officers to remain on the unit, so they can provide oral medication to the patient. The clinical staff also mentioned that they will only require one officer. Hence, S/O P.Jo cleared from the call to resume his regular duties.
After the clinical staff prepared the medication for the
“Code Blue, ER. Code Blue, ER”. I can still hear that calm, unalarmed voice over the intercom. Seconds later, John Doe, a 50-year-old male, is rushed in through the double doors of the Emergency Room with an EMT pounding on his lifeless chest. Although the medical staff had been preparing for some time, it still appeared like a scramble to resuscitate this man’s life. It was my first shift as a medical scribe; I had no idea what to expect. While paramedics shouted the jargon-filled report, the surrounding chaos was quieted by the physician who maintained the room's composure. The instant the pulse was obtained, I was overcome with a foreign feeling that can only be described as pure exhilaration as if the epinephrine injected into the patient manifested its effects on me.
An experienced nurse Julie Thao was taking care of 16-yeas old Jasmine Gant who was about t give a birth. Thao is accused of making a mistake that had terrible and tragic result on the life of a pregnant teenage, unborn child, Gant’s family, health care, and Thao’s life. Thao mistakenly gave Gant an epidural anesthetic intravenously instead of an IV antibiotic for a strep infection. Within minutes of receiving the epidural IV, Gant suffered seizures and died. Her child, a boy, was delivered by emergency Caesarean section and survived. So what caused this tragedy to happen? According to investigation, Thao improperly removed the epidural bag from a locked storage system without authorization, she did not scan the bar code, which would have told
Nearing the end of my shift in the Emergency Department, I was requested to accompany a patient while the nurse readied the discharge papers. Upon entering the bay, I met a very small and fragile patient who was anxious to go home. Conflicted between my primary duties and responsibilities to complete training for two inexperienced volunteers, I decided to put forth my interests in teaching by demonstrating compassionate care to my trainees. Although the patient repeatedly refused my assistance, I gave my best effort to calm her as I cloaked a warm blanket around her. As I listened to her confide in me of all of her hospital anxieties, I was shocked from the lack of quality care she had received which made her feel more sick after the first
The plaintiff in Ard v. East Jefferson General Hospital, stated on 20 May, she had rang the nurses station to inform the nursing staff that her husband was experiencing symptoms of nausea, pain, and shortness of breathe. After ringing the call button for several times her spouse received his medication. Mrs. Ard noticed that her husband continued to have difficulty breathing and ringing from side to side, the patient spouse rang the nursing station for approximately an hour and twenty-five minutes until the defendant (Ms. Florscheim) enter the room and initiated a code blue, which Mr. Ard didn’t recover. The expert witness testified that the defendant failed to provide the standard of care concerning the decease and should have read the physician’s progress notes stating patient is high risk upon assessment and observation. The defendant testified she checked on the patient but no documentation was noted. The defendant expert witness disagrees with breech of duty, which upon cross-examination the expert witness agrees with the breech of duty. The district judge, upon judgment, the defendant failed to provide the standard of care (Pozgar, 2012, p. 215-216) and award the plaintiff for damages from $50,000 to $150,000 (Pozgar, 2012, p. 242).
Jack, the patient presented through Accident and Emergency to Ward D3, an acute medical ward specialising in respiratory medicine. He was admitted due to an exacerbation of dyspnoea, which was more significant over the last twenty-four hours. The writer met Jack on admission to the ward.
Per RN taking care of the patient, at 0500 on 5/22/2017, the patient got up, sat at the edge of the
As noted, on February 29, 2016, the patient was nonetheless admitted to the UCR hospitalist. This was a senior member of the UCR hospitalist team who knew or should have known all of the policies and procedures for admission, and should never have admitted the patient as an attending to the hospital. In so doing, he was directly and deliberately interfering with the doctor patient relationship.
Mrs. Newman arrives at the outpatient surgical department at 6:30 am and is escorted to her room. The admitting nurse begins her assessment;
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Habersham County, Tom was feeling slightly nervous as he exited the staff lounge and entered the hustle and bustle of County Hospital’s ER to begin his first shift as an RN. The first few hours of his shift passed slowly as Tom mostly checked vital signs and listened to patients complain about various aches, pains, coughs, and sniffles. He realized that the attending physician, Dr. Greene, who was rather “old school” in general about how he interacted with nursing staff, wanted to start him out slowly. Tom knew, though, that the paramedics could bring in a trauma patient at any time.
Dr. Green and Dr. Carter were nearing the end of the first year of their medical residency in the emergency department of County General Hospital. It had been a long year and a long week. They had been on duty for the last 12 hours and things were not slowing down.
On Monday January 4, 2016 approximately 11:40pm Stephen came downstairs looking for EMS for his mother who was having an epileptic seizure. C. Horton went over the 900 side to see what was going on. C. Horton saw Ms. Sophie lying down on the bed. EMS Gonzalez #4333 unit 39 victor arrived on seen at 11:35pm on the 900 side. Aisha was notified about the incident and also approved that Stephen can stay with his siblings overnight. Ms. Sophie was taken to Brookdale
At approximately 1639 a code blue was called on inmate Homan Sr., Christopher 99032394 in cell F-10. Inmate Homan Sr. was complaining of chest pain. All available alternates responded and medical Nurse Green, Nurse Peavy and Nurse Carnley responded to F- block. After assessing the situation in F-10 inmate Homan Sr. was taken to medical for further
On Friday, October 28, 2016, at approximately 4:07PM, I, Officer Larry Thomas responded to the New Patient Tower room (H420), in reference to a female causing a disturbance.
Upon my arrival as I approached Cell 15 I noticed large amounts of blood on the floor inside the cell as well as the words "I'm sorry" smeared in blood on the back wall of the cell. Inmate Whitehead, Richard MCSO Booking Number T337608 was lying on his bed unresponsive. Moments later I entered cell 15 with Officer Shoemaker B3008 to help remove Inmate Whitehead from his cell and place him on a gurney by lifting him using the sheet from his mattress underneath him. Once he was successfully on the gurney I assisted in strapping
On the night of 5-26-17 at approximately 2145 security recieved a call from Casper Police Department dispatch asking for the ambulance bay door to be opened as Police were responding to a disturbance in the Emergency Department. Previous to this call security knew nothing of a disturbance. Security Officer Ubbes escorted Casper Police Officer who walked through the front entrance. Upon arrival Ubbes was informed by one of the ER nurses that the patient from bed 11 was extremely intoxicated, he was leaving his room wandering the ER without any clothes on and entering other patient rooms. Casper Police arrested the individual without further incident and left at approximately