The next morning Mr B’s CPN receives a phone call from Mr B’s ex partner telling her that Mr B has been compulsory detained under the Mental Health Act. He was admitted to the psychiatric hospital at 4am having been arrested by the police for causing a major disturbance at home. The CPN phones the GP who reveals that Mr B has not collected his repeat prescription. Mr B also missed his last appointment with the CPN. Consider the following: What are the potential issues in this case?
The physician orders a PPD, CBC and lymphocyte studies. He schedules a return visit to discuss his test results. Over the next few days M.G. develops a fever of 101 F, nonproductive cough and increasing dyspnea. Late one night he becomes extremely dyspneic, so his roommate takes him to the ED where he is admitted to the hospital with probable Pneumocystic jirovecii Pneumonia (formerly PCP).
Bioethics in Nursing: Understanding Ethical Practice Bioethics is the study of ethical questions regarding controversial medical practices that healthcare professionals face on a daily basis. In the scenario provided an unconscious patient was brought to the emergency room suspected for heroin overdose. After being intubated and placed under artificial ventilations, the patient was stabilized and moved to the intensive care unit. Within an hour his heart stop beating, he was resuscitated, stabilized but still without the ability to breathe. His heart stopped, and he was resuscitated two more times in the span of three hours.
While interviewing the staff, the marshals learn that Dr. Sheehan, Rachel's primary psychiatrist, is on vacation. Throughout the film Teddy requests to see the patient's background files but these requests are persistently refused. This arouses Teddy's suspicion that something secretive is going on. Throughout the film, Teddy displays constant dreams and delusions about his wife who had died in a fire two years ago. In these dreams, Teddy's wife informs him that Rachel is still on the island as well as Andrew Laeddis, the man who started the fire which had killed Teddy's wife.
DC Argumentation Essay Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum, for The New York Times AUGUST 1, 2009 Four years after Katrina, wheelchairs and equipment litter a walkway to the helipad at the former Memorial Medical Center, parts of which have not reopened. A Doctor’s Duty in Disaster Care Should a doctor’s duty in disaster care be held to a lower standard, thereby allowing murder to take place? The New York Times Magazine article “The Deadly Choices At Memorial,” reported that Doctor Anna Pou, a surgeon who stayed to treat patients during Hurricane Katrina, did not evacuate a group of patients she deemed too sick or too large to move; instead, she injected most of them with a potentially lethal combination of sedatives and painkillers, and they died. At the request of the Louisiana Attorney General's office, Orleans Parish Coroner Frank Minyard investigated the cause of the deaths at Memorial. According to The Times-Picayune, experts reported abnormal levels of morphine, Versed, and/or Lorazepam in several bodies; furthermore, in many cases, the experts state the levels indicated homicide.
In February 2006, Emily Jerry, a two-year old child was at a Cleveland hospital to complete her last series of chemotherapy treatment. Her doctor ordered intravenous chemotherapy solution that was filled incorrectly by a pharmacy technician. The prescription called for 1% saline; however, a lethal amount of 23% saline was given instead, causing her to slip into a coma resulting in death. Eric Cropp, who was the supervising pharmacist signed off on the technician’s work despite her informing him that the mixture did not look right; nonetheless, he approved it. The pharmacy was so busy that day and short staffed, which led to a preventable fatal error that changed Eric’s whole life in a matter of seconds.
On Washing Hands Response The first time reading On Washing Hands, I really didn’t understand what point Gawande was trying to get across. Gawande was listing a bunch of deadly diseases, and I was wondering how they pertained to washing your hands. As you read further, in the short story, the author mentions two million Americans acquire an infection while they are in the hospital and ninety thousand die of that infection (Gawande 343). The main cause of this is people not washing their hands. It took me a while to piece together all the information.
When I spoke to my doctor over the phone, he was surprised I called. He told me he was very sorry, but there was a large tumor in the left sigmoid section of my colon. The next several weeks were of rushed of doctor’s appointments, hospital stays, and recovery. After an emergency surgery, I spent a week in a hospital bed recuperating. I have always been a social person, constantly working on projects, hobbies and going out with friends.
As his mother (also a Jehovah’s Witness) and an elder from his church were present at all times during the hospital stay, it was speculated that they were unduly influencing him to keep refusing the life-sustaining transfusion. However, Patient A was assessed by a third party and it was confirmed that he had full mental capacity and was making the decision on his own. As a result, Patient A did not receive blood transfusion and after three weeks in a hospital in the United Kingdom he died (1). In this paper I will consider the ethical implications involved in the care of adults (with full capacity) who refuse medical treatment on religious grounds. Reading about this case made me think of the ethical challenges that caring for members of faith who refuse life-saving treatments may pose for the physician – emotional, professional, and legal.
After one week of admission into the ward the client who has been cooperative and stable in mental state suddenly became aggressive, hitting staff and insomnia. Despite several investigation and assessment by the medical team the reason for the sudden change in presentation was not found. The breakthrough came when the next of kin was invited to the ward round and he informed the medical team that the client presentation usually changes from being aggressive when he is experiencing pain due to toothache. The client was referred to the dentist for check up and it was discovered that one of the teeth is infected causing him pain. After the toothache was treated the client presentation became settled and manageable and no aggressive behavior observed.