The conspiratorial side of my imagination thought that MRSA would be an untracable infection with multiple avenues for infection.
That said it is very deadly and if you are already ill from something else your outlook won't be good.
Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems who had flagged safety concerns and alleged misconduct by the aircraft manufacturer, died Tuesday after a sudden and severe infection.
Dean is the second Boeing-linked whistleblower to have died in the last two months as the company has come under heightened scrutiny.
Dean, who was 45 and lived in Wichita, Kan., was in good health before he began to experience trouble breathing about two weeks ago and went to a hospital, according to the Seattle Times, which first reported on his death. Deanās deterioration from that point, his aunt told the newspaper, was ābrutalā and āheartbreaking.ā
According to a series of public social media posts by Deanās family, by April 21, he was in āvery critical condition.ā Dean tested positive for influenza B and MRSA, a difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, and developed pneumonia. He was intubated and put on dialysis as well as airlifted to another hospital to be put on an ECMO machine, a form of cardiac and respiratory life support. A CT scan showed that he had also suffered a stroke. Doctors were considering amputating his hands and feet, which had turned black from lack of oxygen.
āHe is in the worst condition I have ever known or heard of. Even the hospital agrees,ā Deanās sister-in-law Kristen Dean posted on Facebook on Saturday, April 27. On Sunday night, Deanās family posted that he was āgiving up his fightā and ārefusing to let them do any life saving procedures,ā though his mother said she ātold the doctor he doesn't know what he wants, Iām sure he wants to live, heās afraid, scared and depressed.ā According to Deanās mother, the doctor agreed and performed a bronchoscopy, a surgical procedure to investigate the lungs and airways. Deanās family announced that he had passed on Tuesday morning.
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That said it is very deadly and if you are already ill from something else your outlook won't be good.
Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems who had flagged safety concerns and alleged misconduct by the aircraft manufacturer, died Tuesday after a sudden and severe infection.
Dean is the second Boeing-linked whistleblower to have died in the last two months as the company has come under heightened scrutiny.
Dean, who was 45 and lived in Wichita, Kan., was in good health before he began to experience trouble breathing about two weeks ago and went to a hospital, according to the Seattle Times, which first reported on his death. Deanās deterioration from that point, his aunt told the newspaper, was ābrutalā and āheartbreaking.ā
According to a series of public social media posts by Deanās family, by April 21, he was in āvery critical condition.ā Dean tested positive for influenza B and MRSA, a difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, and developed pneumonia. He was intubated and put on dialysis as well as airlifted to another hospital to be put on an ECMO machine, a form of cardiac and respiratory life support. A CT scan showed that he had also suffered a stroke. Doctors were considering amputating his hands and feet, which had turned black from lack of oxygen.
āHe is in the worst condition I have ever known or heard of. Even the hospital agrees,ā Deanās sister-in-law Kristen Dean posted on Facebook on Saturday, April 27. On Sunday night, Deanās family posted that he was āgiving up his fightā and ārefusing to let them do any life saving procedures,ā though his mother said she ātold the doctor he doesn't know what he wants, Iām sure he wants to live, heās afraid, scared and depressed.ā According to Deanās mother, the doctor agreed and performed a bronchoscopy, a surgical procedure to investigate the lungs and airways. Deanās family announced that he had passed on Tuesday morning.
Spirit AeroSystems Whistleblower Dies After Sudden Infection
Joshua Dean is the second Boeing-linked whistleblower to have died in the last two months.