Dennis Quaid's two week old twins are still listed as stable and reports are they will probably have no lasting effects from the massive overdose of Heparin. The twins remain in the intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA.
Cedars is is desperately trying to combat fallout on the hideous overdose error, (the same error that killed three babies in Indiana.) The packaging of the medicine is being partly blamed. The drug company realized the potential for error and issued a warning to all hospitals, including Cedars.
Here's a nursing idea..READ THE PACKAGE! Read it twice for all patients and 3 times for babies. I'm not knocking nurses, there are some damn good ones out there and we have to trust them with our life. The doctors get hero status for doing the big stuff, but, they aren't around to take care of us after..it's nurses. I hope the one who did this to the Quaid twins is never allowed to work in the medical profession again.
8 comments:
has it been said anywhere why the babies were in the hospital in the first place? it's not common to be given heperin w/o a reason...
miss tia, 2 lazy to log in today....
The twins were a little premature and it's commnon to give Heparin to tiny ones to help the meds flow through the IV properly.
alright now i get the heparin...thank you...
i see the pix you posted and it looks like they had been out of the hospital....that's what i couldn't figure out....
happy thanksgiving!! :)
tia
And wouldn'y you be extra cautious knowing these babies were a famous person's kids ??? knowing it could or would be on the news 24/7 and YES ! Basic READING SKILLS !!!!!! Also why are the infant medications near the adult doses ??????????????????????? I just hope those babies pull through !
My cousin trained as a nurse and she said it was terrifying to administer drugs because the slightest lapse of concentration could result in error. She said they push you to run around getting everything done and that giving medications was slipped into the list with no more emphasis than anything else.
RE: Anon 7:53a - "Why were infant and adult doses stored together?":
The standard practice is that adult doses and infant doses of a medication be stored separately. In this case however, the technician who stocked the med drawer placed the adult dose (10K unit vials) alongside the infant dose (10 unit vials).
The administering nurse on duty made the assumption the vials she pulled were the correct dose.
And of course, as we all know.. "assumption" is the MUTHA of all f*ck-ups.
I usually agree with you wholeheartedly, however: the nurse in question should not have all of this on her shoulders! Look at how many times you, or I have made mistakes on our own jobs. We are all human. Yes, I understand the point of taking more care when dealing with other humans, but again: WE ARE ONLY HUMAN. It is terrible, that poor nurse is feeling like crap, BUT each one of us could have been in her place. She NEVER meant to do harm, and was most likely overworked and overtired like the rest of us. We have all made errors on the job, just not been put in the spotlight as in this incidence. I purposely did NOT become a nurse for this reason, but applaud those who wish to help others while knowing the risks.
just happen to read the babies will be ok and hopefully have a full recovery.
Crystal.
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