This enables the medicine to be delivered to the site where it is most needed – the lungs. Inhalers and nebules (for use in a nebuliser) are common examples of this route of delivery. A variety of inhalers are available on the market. Aerosols and dry powder inhalers are marketed. Compliance aids such as ‘spacers’ can be prescribed to help with the delivery of the medicine from an inhaler.
Along with previous scenario stated, let’s review another case: A phlebotomist from a contracted lab begins his daily rounds of blood collections for the day in a long term care facility. He enters room 201 to draw a 85-year-old woman who was admitted for atrial fibrillation. When he introduces himself and asks for consent to draw her blood, she shouts, "No!" and asks you to leave and not come back. The patient made it very clear that she did not want the phlebotomist to draw her blood (Finnegan, 2013).This same phlebotomist has drawn her for several days for a Prothrombin Time (PT) and Activated Thromboplastic Time (aPTT) without incident, so he reports this situation to the nurse.
In order for him to be compensated, he had to show the court that the injuries to his wife were caused by Dr. Hilbuns’ neglect. He filed a malpractice/wrongful death action against Dt. Hilbun alleging that he failed to inquire about Hall’s post-operation recovery and failed to give appropriate post-operative instructions to the nursing staff (Hall v. Hilbun, Supreme Court of Mississippi, 466 So. 2d 856 (1985)). Dr. Hoerr was called by Halls’ husband as an expert witness in trial.
In 1996 a pregnant woman, Darlene Brown, was admitted to Ingalls Memorial Hospital by her caring physician, Dr. Walsh. Brown had consented to have a cystoscopy and have a urethral mass removed. Brown had also been informed that she would lose blood during the operation, but had not discussed with her Doctor that she was a Jehovah's Witness and that blood transfusions are not part of her belief system. During the operation she lost more blood than anticipated and as result her blood hemoglobin level dropped below normal levels. Her low hemoglobin level put her and her unborn baby at high risk of death.
Article and Case Law Search Nephia Stevens HCS/430 December 06, 2012 Aaron L. Love Article and Case Law Search Critical regulatory issue specific to institutional health care relates to sources, nature, and functions of the law on many different aspects and levels. Ethics and morality often finds a way of pecking its head through the doors of life. Asking the question what would you do in such cases that may or may not occur within the profession? An article of a doctor and two of his nurses admitting guilt of killing four critically ill cancer patients at the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina shows the laws of ethics and moral along with federal or state violations. A critical
The patient presented to her physician’s office with shortness of breath, chest pain, excessive coughing, and excessive fatigue and states that, “she has fainted on occasion before”. The patient looks very weak and flushed. Her son accompanied her to the doctor’s appointment. After diagnostic testing, the patient was diagnosed with Cor pulmonale. Risk Factors The inability of the right ventricle to properly pump blood in the arteries leading to these abnormally high pressures is known as cor pulmonale.
Physician Breach of Patient Confidentiality Suzan BERGER, Respondent, v. John SONNELAND, M.D., Petitioner Teresa Jawson Medical Law & Ethics 2014 Introduction On June 26, 1996 Respondent Suzan Berger filed a summons and complaint in the Spokane County Superior Court against Petitioner John Sonneland M.D., claiming breach of confidentiality; breach of fiduciary relationship; breach of the Uniform Health Care Information Act, chapter 70.02 RCW 3; and medical malpractice. She claims that her Physician Dr. Sonneland gave unauthorized disclosure of confidential information about her to her former husband, Dr. Daniel F. Hoheim, M.D., a practicing Physician himself. Suzan is seeking damages resulting from the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information related to health care that occurred within the physician-patient relationship. She also states that her emotional distress arising out of Sonneland's conduct has caused her injury and she has developed insomnia, anxiety, and stress (including nausea, vomiting, and weight
Watson, Jack. “Case Comment: R. v. Sharpe” (1999), 10 N.J.C.L. 251. APPEAL from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (1999), 136 C.C.C. (3d) 97, 127 B.C.A.C.
However, when information is removed from textbooks, part of history is distorted. Due to this alteration of facts, the agony and despair felt by the victims of unimaginable and devastating acts would be forgotten. For example: “Leilani Muir was 10 when her mother committed her to Alberta’s Provincial Training School for Mental Defectives. On the Basis of a single IQ test, she was labeled a ‘moron’. Four years later, she was admitted to the school clinic, supposedly to have her appendix removed.
Medical Negligence: Legal Standards under Consumer Protection Laws in India Submitted by, Ankur Singh BA./LLB. (Hons.) 210112 Contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………..Pg. 4 2.