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Medical Errors

Medical Errors. Clinical Rotations. Exam Bonus Question:. List the National Patient Safety Goals +1 point each!. After your exam, look up these terms:. PICU Dehydration John H opkins Medical Center Narcotics Methadone Central Intravenous Lines Narcan. Medical Errors.

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Medical Errors

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  1. Medical Errors Clinical Rotations

  2. Exam Bonus Question: List the National Patient Safety Goals +1 point each!

  3. After your exam, look up these terms: • PICU • Dehydration • John Hopkins Medical Center • Narcotics • Methadone • Central Intravenous Lines • Narcan

  4. Medical Errors • A medical error is a preventable adverse effect of care, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. • This might include an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis or treatment of a disease, injury, syndrome, behavior, infection, or other ailment. • Medical errors cost tens of thousands of lives in US hospitals each year—more than deaths from highway accidents, breast cancer, and AIDS combined.

  5. Medical Errors in United States • Studies have put the numbers of deaths anywhere from 44 000 to 98 000 annually in hospitals. • That is the equivalent of at least 4 jet liners crash landing every week for one year without any survivors!!

  6. Leading Causes of Death in US • Heart disease: 597,689 • Cancer: 574,743 • Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138,080 • Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129,476 • Accidents (unintentional injuries): 120,859 • Alzheimer's disease: 83,494 • Diabetes: 69,071 • Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,476 • Influenza and Pneumonia: 50,097 • Intentional self-harm (suicide): 38,364

  7. The Josie King Story Josie King Video

  8. Group Discussion Questions • What factors contributed to Josie King’s death? • Think about a time when you or a loved one felt worried about the quality of care being provided. Did you feel empowered to express your concerns? What did your provider do (or what could he/she have done) to make you feel more comfortable speaking up? • In the case of Josie King, how could the hospital and its providers have given Sorrel King more power over how Josie was treated? • If you plan to be a clinician, what are specific things you can do to make patients feel respected and included in decisions about their health care?

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