DGS49
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Blackrock, you need to update your information. MALPRACTICE is not the same as negligence (the elements of which you outlined). Malpractice only applies to "Professionals," and Professionals are required to be current in their area of expertise - in this case emergency room medicine. If they treat someone in a manner that is not necessarily "negligent," but is not consistent with the current state of the art, they are guilt of malpractice. It is a higher standard than simple negligence.
Back to the subject of this thread: The ER had been notified that Tony was coming, and that his "oxygen level was dangerously low," whatever that means. When he got to the ER, they immediately put him on a gurney and inserted an I.V. This is when he started to experience severe swelling over his head, face, neck, etc. He told his wife he couldn't breathe. When it became clear that he was in serious distress, all doctors in the area came to assist. They tried to insert a "trach" tube, but he was so swollen that they couldn't do it. I believe the immediate cause of death was a heart attack.
The hospital declined to do an autopsy at the wife's request, so they had him removed to another hospital where one was done. No results yet. (that I know of).
The question on everyone's mind is, What the hell was in that I.V.? What could they have possibly given him that would cause such a severe, immediate physical reaction?
I know from personal experience that an allergy is often undetectable until you first experience the substance that triggers it. Maybe they couldn't have known that whatever-it-was would cause such a reaction, or maybe he is one in a million who reacted to it.
Won't know for a while.
Back to the subject of this thread: The ER had been notified that Tony was coming, and that his "oxygen level was dangerously low," whatever that means. When he got to the ER, they immediately put him on a gurney and inserted an I.V. This is when he started to experience severe swelling over his head, face, neck, etc. He told his wife he couldn't breathe. When it became clear that he was in serious distress, all doctors in the area came to assist. They tried to insert a "trach" tube, but he was so swollen that they couldn't do it. I believe the immediate cause of death was a heart attack.
The hospital declined to do an autopsy at the wife's request, so they had him removed to another hospital where one was done. No results yet. (that I know of).
The question on everyone's mind is, What the hell was in that I.V.? What could they have possibly given him that would cause such a severe, immediate physical reaction?
I know from personal experience that an allergy is often undetectable until you first experience the substance that triggers it. Maybe they couldn't have known that whatever-it-was would cause such a reaction, or maybe he is one in a million who reacted to it.
Won't know for a while.