The medical staff’s ethical principals were non-existent. Unfortunately since Tomcik was in an institution therefore she had no means of autonomy. She was not able to effectively make her own decisions regarding how she was to be treated. The healthcare staff did not use moral judgment throughout her care. She was ignored and not given the proper care that was needed.
On 8/2/2015 SO EMT Perez was dispatched to FC-505 regaurding general sickness. SO EMT Perez knocked and announced his presence at the door and was greeted by the residents spouse and then to the resident in question, a Mrs. Barbra Myers. Mr. Myers stated that Mrs. Myers was feeling unwell for the past couple of days but today she was acting unusal and slurring/mubling her words and all around acting uncoordinated. Mrs. Myers seems to be somewhat disorientated but is answering all questions appropriatly. SO EMT Perez performed and assesment which revealed the following; Blood Pressure 148/72, Pulse 101, Spo2 96%, Mrs. Myers is very hot to the touch but does not appear to be perspiring, SO EMT Perez recieved a temperature reading from Mr. Myers '
On 8/1/2015 S/O EMT Perez was dispatched to FC-609 regarding a fall. S/O EMT Perez announced hispresnece and knocked at the door and was verbally greeted in by the resident. The fallen resident, a Mrs. Ida Looney stated she lost her balance and fell while trying to get up from the living room couch and was unable to get up on her own strength, Mrs. Looney was on the couch by the time S/O EMT Perez arrived. Mrs. Looney stated that; she was unaware of any change in medications nor was she aware that she was on any blood thinners, She did recall and remember the fall and was unaware and or could not recolect weather or not she was seeing a doctor here at riderwood. Mrs. Looney seemed to be a bit complacent mentally to which her spouse said was
This patient was not treated with the ethical respectany patient should receive when seeking help/treatment. It is very alarming that a physician whose job is to take care of other humans would disregard giving a proper
The following is a summary of a case review addressed in a meeting held on August 14, 2015. After reviewing several applications for licensure, Dr. Weschler, the
The patient had a serious injury that could have possibly been untreatable and now they lost a surgeon which they probably had very little of . This isn’t fair at all they didn’t even have that big of a population with very little surgeons. So this brings it down every time a patient
Other times were not even giving their patients a proper diagnosis. The
A new patient by the name of Randle McMurphy was committed and something definitely is not right with him. He came in acting like he owned the place. A big part of me thinks he is not even supposed to be here. He seems like a guy who just wondered in off the streets. He is stressing all of us patients out and I cannot say anything because people think I am deaf.
The DCW showed SC Pa’s legs and stated that Pa is unable to go to his EADC because he’s unable to stand due to the swelling. Pa legs looks like someone that has a dx of cellulitis (Pa has not been dx with cellulitis nor is he being treated for it: his legs just look very similar to that of...). SC asked when was the last time Pa got a check-up and the DCW reported that it’s been a while. SC asked what a while is and she reported that since they moved to current location. Which is over 7 months ago.
The nurse was very assertive towards the PCT as she attempted to satisfy her own concern (Borkowski, 2009). The PCT stated, “I do not know who you are talking to like that, but the patient’s SP02 was normal”. Apparently, when the PCT documented the
Mrs. McGoldrick is an 81-year-old patient with chronic diseases - like diabetes and repeated heart attacks - and was admitted to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. She was also cited to have indications of
(The Belmont Report 28) Doctors Nemur and Strauss do not follow these written expectations, and possible harms are not
Patients would be chained to their beds at night, the ventilation systems were unexceptional, and the cleanliness of the establishment was inadequate. With the abundance of patients to care for, care became nonexistent, this is where the stereotype comes into play. Attendants would beat patients, sexually assault them, and would sometime perform unethical procedures upon them. One such treatment would be the ever so famous lobotomy. A lobotomy consists of either drilling into a patient's brain or using ice pick like instruments to stab at the brain through the patient's eye socket, these procedures had a variety of results ranging from successful to the death of the patient.
For this Audit the author took the following steps in developing questions for the Audit tool as guided by The National Institute for Clinical Excellence
Steps I would use to approach the physician (Progressive Discipline Steps) 1. Verbal Warning 2. Written Warning 3.
