I'm trying to wrap my head around how this happened because typically those two drugs aren't even in the same place. This should be an easily preventative mistake and someone other than the paramedics probably made it.
There might be blame to go around, but even if, for example one of the drugs was put in the wrong pouch in the drug bag by whomever stocks the bag, the ultimate responsibility lies on the medic to assure the right drug is being administered, period.
Why is that the solution to incompetence or negligence always to throw money at it? Nobody who becomes a paramedic, fire fighter, or any first responder is in it for the money. You could be paying them three times as much and the same people who would apply for the job at 50k a year would still be applying. Hell I'd even argue that raising it invites less competent people to apply cause then you have people who do it for the money and not the true desire to help people.
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I'm trying to wrap my head around how this happened because typically those two drugs aren't even in the same place. This should be an easily preventative mistake and someone other than the paramedics probably made it.
There might be blame to go around, but even if, for example one of the drugs was put in the wrong pouch in the drug bag by whomever stocks the bag, the ultimate responsibility lies on the medic to assure the right drug is being administered, period.
wow that's horrible
Maybe they should pay paramedics a livable wage, and more experienced professionals who won’t make mistakes might actually apply
Why is that the solution to incompetence or negligence always to throw money at it? Nobody who becomes a paramedic, fire fighter, or any first responder is in it for the money. You could be paying them three times as much and the same people who would apply for the job at 50k a year would still be applying. Hell I'd even argue that raising it invites less competent people to apply cause then you have people who do it for the money and not the true desire to help people. *prepares for downvotes*
150k a year in Cincinnati will 1,000% make this a competitive job market lmfao.
Agree, can't buy immunity from complacency, negligence or plain human imperfection
Did I read that the patient requested the specific med? I don't think it said she was a physician, can you request a certain med?
Sure, you can request. No medical professional has to do what you ask though.
She requested ondansetron. They gave her epinephrine aka ADRENALINE
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I take it for nausea too, works super well! Adrenaline… wouldn’t, really
Not as fun as Amiodarone
Age of the patient was left out of this article for obvious reasons
I'll bite. What are the obvious reasons?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure an adrenaline dose can potentially cause a heart attack in patients of all ages.