Comments on: Knock Out

By: mjfan

mjfan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:42:52 +0000

Thanks wavewalker.

Idrathernotsay – No I think the case file says it’s from Porterville, CA. You got a story for us?

By: IDRATHERNOTSAY

IDRATHERNOTSAY — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:10:55 +0000

Did this happen to be Marshall Medical South Hospital (old Boaz Albertville Hospital) in Boaz Alabama??????? LOL

By: wavewalker

wavewalker — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:19:52 +0000

A trach tray is the tray that has everything in it needed to insert a trach tube through the front of the neck so you can hook a bag with o2 or a ventilator on to it. It is sterile and everything is at your fingertips.
2nd story only shows that the Doctor punctured the tires one time. The time that was filmed. You cannot assume that he did it more than once.

In one of the Hospitals I worked at, if a person could not place a tube within 2 minutes, someone else stepped up to do it, or started a trach. Standard Policy.
13 minutes means the hospital needs to review their policies, because they will be visited by many more lawsuits.
And of course, it’s just plain wrong to be that lousy at intubating people when you are an anesthesiologist.
It’s one of the few invasive things you do to a patient.

By: mjfan

mjfan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:34:16 +0000

RachLv, I think a trach tray is a device that let’s people breathe from the throat? Correct me if I’m wrong…

By: MN LPN

MN LPN — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:06:21 +0000

As a Dr. why couldn’t Pane do the tracheostomy, it’s a fairly basic emergency procedure and doctors leave the OR before their patients wake up all the time, my doctor did. I have to agree with the “incompetent” label…come on, 13 minutes with a blocked airway, never should have went beyond 5.

By: RachLv

RachLv — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:36:29 +0000

I don’t get the “trach tray” comment, but I agree with Marc here. Why did the surgeon leave the OR?

By: cheecochihuahua

cheecochihuahua — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:10:53 +0000

???trach tray available???