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Category Archives: Medical errors
Why is Litigation related to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) on the Rise? by guest author Dr. Diane Krasner
Since the 1990s, wound care has taken a substantial leap forward. The new device was first marketed in the US by KCI (San Antonio, TX) in 1995 as the V.A.C. Therapy System. It efficiently provided a means to apply negative … Continue reading
Computerized medical records and medical errors
There is a strong trend to computerization of medical records. This method of recording information about a patient offers many advantages. Pen and paper medical records are plagued by illegible handwriting along with non-standardized and dangerous abbreviations, which can lead … Continue reading
The Nurse as Patient Advocate by Pat Iyer
A New Jersey plaintiff attorney lost a $19 million verdict when a state appeals court found multiple trial errors. Med League supplied one of the expert witnesses for this case. The case involved an alleged delay in ordering a cesarean … Continue reading
By Pat Iyer: Death after being restrained
The charge nurse found Alexis Evette Richie alone in a small room at SSM DePaul Health Center, motionless and sprawled facedown on a bean bag chair. Minutes earlier, the 16-year-old foster child had tried to hit, scratch and bite staff … Continue reading
Posted in Damages, Healthcare Risk Management, Medical errors, Patient safety
Tagged Alexis Richie, asphyxiation, choking, death in restraints
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When should nursing staff call a rapid response team? by Pat Iyer
A sudden deterioration in a patient’s condition should stimulate activation of emergency efforts. The goal of a rapid response team (RRT) is to avert a cardiac arrest – to take action before the patient stops breathing. Here are some generally … Continue reading
By Pat Iyer: Failure to rescue
Imagine this scene: You are visiting your elderly father in the hospital when you notice his speech is becoming slurred and he is less awake than usual. Concerned, you call his nurse into the room. She assesses your father, then … Continue reading
What’s a medical error? Part 1 by Pat Iyer
I was talking to my son and his girlfriend about medical errors and he asked me to define them. Here are some cases we have handled. * the hospitalized patient who was alert, oriented, and ambulatory until the nurse administered … Continue reading
What’s a medical error? Part 2 by Pat Iyer
I was talking to my son and his girlfriend about medical errors and he asked me to define them. Here are some more cases we have handled. * the oncology patient who suffered from a large extravasation of a chemotherapeutic … Continue reading
Why don’t healthcare providers follow the rules? Part 2 by Pat Iyer
Normalization of deviance occurs when a provider, such as a nurse, knowingly disregards a safety practice, like using two patient identifiers to verify patient identity. Repeated deviation from the safe practices tends to “normalize” the risky behavior in the nurse’s … Continue reading
