Anonymous wrote:OP they saved your dad what more do you want? It’s like you're directing your anger about his illness towards the medical profession in general I know people do this, but it is completely inappropriate.
Anonymous wrote:Sister had surgery at 8am. Not easy, but done by 10am. She was in recovery but never really woke up. Doctors checked at 7pm when husband expressed concern. They checked and her oxygen was at 45%. Nurse called and the doctor gave her narcan. She woke up, but it was scary!
Anonymous wrote:
News Flash:
Third leading cause of death:
Hospital errors
As much as humanly possible, you should have someone at your side 24/7 if you have to be in the hospital just to double check exactly what they’re doing. Have a notebook to keep your own records. If they complain, I’d choose another hospital. They should have nothing to hide.
Anonymous wrote:My dad passed away last year and we are 100 percent confident that this is what killed him. He was supposed to be discharged and they for some reason gave him way too many meds the day of discharge. Had to use narcan several times. He was confused after that and I think he had brain damage. Horrible. Died shortly after that.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My husband is a doctor, and is mortally afraid of medical errors. He says they are extremely common and rarely reported. There is almost always a cover up.
I am a nurse and yes, this is true. And honestly, there is a lot more cover up when the mistake is done by the physician. Us nurses are a dime a dozen in the hospitals' eyes... but physicians, not so much. Nurses joke about which physicians we would avoid bc we see the mishaps (that most often get dealt with efficiently and effectively so no harm comes to the patient). Also-I cannot emphasize this enough-but nurse to patient ratios are a big deal. When nurses have too many patients, things fall through the cracks. I wish hospitals would advertise their ratios to patients.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Surprising. Usually they are restrictive with pain meds.
I'm not naturally one to resort to suing but yeah I would in this case.
What would you sue for? The cost of the Narcan? You aren’t going to find an attorney to take this one on contingency.
I work in health care and agree there are things that are classified as "errors" all the time but 99% time there is no real harm done to the patient.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Surprising. Usually they are restrictive with pain meds.
I'm not naturally one to resort to suing but yeah I would in this case.
What would you sue for? The cost of the Narcan? You aren’t going to find an attorney to take this one on contingency.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Surprising. Usually they are restrictive with pain meds.
I'm not naturally one to resort to suing but yeah I would in this case.
What would you sue for? The cost of the Narcan? You aren’t going to find an attorney to take this one on contingency.
Anonymous wrote:My husband is a doctor, and is mortally afraid of medical errors. He says they are extremely common and rarely reported. There is almost always a cover up.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
Johns Hopkins University says “Avoidable Medical Errors” are the third leading cause of death (greater than 250,000 per year) after heart disease and cancer.
“The CDC’s way of collecting national health statistics FAILS to classify medical errors separately on the death certificate.”
Yikes!!!!!
This is for 9:35 from Johns Hopkins University.