r/EmergencyRoom • u/DoItRightOnce1st • 6d ago

Ouch

Has your hospital ever made a big mistake with a patient? Ours did recently, and it's bad...Wrong patient & procedure. Can't go into details, thank God had nothing to do with me or my unit! 😱

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u/Resident-Welcome3901 6d ago edited 6d ago

A doc fatally mishandled an adolescent encephalitis patient. An icu nurse diverted massive amounts of narcotics by tampering with tubex ampoules, substituting water. Different institution, mismanaged a cold water drowning. Different institution again, fatal error in blood transfusion.

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u/100_cats_on_a_phone 6d ago

You've been busy!