Posted on Jun 25, 2022
Medical Mistakes Are a Leading Cause of Death in U.S. — Here’s How to Protect Yourself
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Many moons ago an OMFS resident forgot to write the order to increase an antibiotic on the patient and his attending questioned why the patients lab had not increased and why the nurses did not give the increase doses of antibiotics. Well the doctor had written over the last order when he later realized he forgot to increase the dose the prior day. Thank goodness I had the triplicate of the order in my lab coat pocket that showed it was not increased. He would have rather gotten three shifts of nurses, the and the clerk in trouble because he missed an order.
He was not trusted after that and I wonder what kind of a doctor he is.
Nurses are actually held accountable and many lose their license.
I had an outpatient procedure done a few years ago and hen I asked my doctor pre-procedure if I would be admitted. His answer was: "Not if I can help it: too many medical errors happen"
Must always on alert in the hospital because the patient needs to have that person looking out for them: real nursing is tough!
He was not trusted after that and I wonder what kind of a doctor he is.
Nurses are actually held accountable and many lose their license.
I had an outpatient procedure done a few years ago and hen I asked my doctor pre-procedure if I would be admitted. His answer was: "Not if I can help it: too many medical errors happen"
Must always on alert in the hospital because the patient needs to have that person looking out for them: real nursing is tough!
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It would be nice to think that we were perfect but we are not. I have worked in the medical field, in both emergency and surgery and I can tell you that there are times that overworked staff make mistakes. Exhaustion, overwork, inattention... when in the hospital I always had an advocate with me until a procedure done during COVID, when a doc used a medication I just finished explaining I am allergic to. Fortunately the anesthesiologist was right there to inject an antidote. Delayed us for 30 min but we all made it. This stuff happens...
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
My daughter just went in to have her colon reconnected after they removed a section riddled with diverticulitis. After going six weeks with a colostomy, she got a rookie surgeon because her regular doc was out of town. The surgery was supposed to take three hours and she'd be good as new. The procedure took nearly six hours because the doc poked a hole in her colon and they had to remove that section and give her another colostomy after rearranging her intestines. She's still in agony and 10 days postop and will have to go back after another six weeks and have the reconnecting surgery again. . . .
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"According to the Tennessean, “The case has put a spotlight on how nurses should be held accountable for medical mistakes.”
But should they? Never before has a medical professional been criminally charged for a medical mistake that didn’t involve intentional fraud or malice."
Heck yeah they should be held accountable, if I were to go work on someone's home and cause harm to them I would be charged, there should be no difference
But should they? Never before has a medical professional been criminally charged for a medical mistake that didn’t involve intentional fraud or malice."
Heck yeah they should be held accountable, if I were to go work on someone's home and cause harm to them I would be charged, there should be no difference
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