tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post4792154382109871447..comments2024-03-21T07:04:24.033-04:00Comments on THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Medical Errors: Breaking the Culture of SilenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11368028391616959419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-13227585589466142622012-01-28T08:44:21.096-05:002012-01-28T08:44:21.096-05:00Hi Matt, No Nick has not experience more medical e...Hi Matt, No Nick has not experience more medical errors as an adult, but that is only because the majority of his time spent in hospital was before he turned 18. He is very medically complex and has had over 70 hospitalizations. The likelihood of medical errors goes up with the time spent in hospital and number of procedures undergone. So, when things get hairy, at the same time as nursing/doctor shift changes, on a weekend....that's when mistakes happen. Medication errors are all too common. Once Nick received 15micrograms morphine per hour instead of 1.5, another time he double dosed badly on morphine in ICU because when the pumps were changed, the doctor forgot to disconnect the first one, so two pumps ran for four hours before anyone noticed (that was post major surgery). That's the sort of thing I am talking about.The Caregivers' Living Roomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920119448415733545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-82119763016679981482012-01-27T23:07:02.965-05:002012-01-27T23:07:02.965-05:00Donna,
Has Nick experienced more medical errors a...Donna,<br /><br />Has Nick experienced more medical errors as an adult?<br /><br />I humbly thank you for your time.<br /><br />Matt KamaratakisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489173439865061632.post-56494799914158783702012-01-26T20:50:07.898-05:002012-01-26T20:50:07.898-05:00When you said "I'm with you, Dr. Goldman...When you said "I'm with you, Dr. Goldman, because patients and their families can be team players too. " I agree with you 10,000%<br /><br />There were many times that I had problems and told doctors what it was, and they laughed. like Stomach muscle spasm - they never heard of it but I knew it and they laughed. So I bought the strongest muscles relxant in a non precription section and took them and the stomach muscle disappeared <br /><br />Drew <br /><br />I only need doctor to get me pills, not advice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com