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Woman propped up to look alive for family after already being declared dead at Adena Hospital, records show (sciotovalleyguardian.com)

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CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — A recent incident at Adena Health System has intensified scrutiny of its cardiology department. A 65-year-old woman died during what should have been a routine heart catheterization, leading to pressing questions about the practices and credentials of the physicians involved. What happened after her time of death is concerning.

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

I looked up the procedure they were doing, a TVAR, and most institutions require a cardiac or cardiothoracic surgeon to perform the procedure or at least be involved with it. The accused here has a fellowship in interventional cardiology which covers more basic catheter-based procedures like stents; but valve replacement, even trans-catheter ones, are almost always handled by proper CT surgeons.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

The fact that they staged the patient being on life support to hide obvious medical malpractice is beyond words. The psychological trauma to the family is horrible. How could you even justify putting that type of guilt on others to hide your own misdeeds is beyond me. There has better be some revoking of medical licenses happening after this case.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

The article says one nurse believed that the patient didn't even need the surgery. I think criminal charges might be warranted.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Dude looks like a character from a zany fish-out-of-water comedy.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Bad casting. This is clearly a Weekend at Bernie's ripoff.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Somewhat related, during my time working in an ER, we had a dedicated family viewing room where grieving families could gather after a loved one's passing. On one occasion, a young man arrived as a suspected overdose. One of the nurses, seeing his youth, went above and beyond to make him appear more dignified before the family's arrival, even propping up the head of his bed. When I came in to bag the body for transport after they had all left, lowering the head of the bed caused his legs to flop into the air. You can imagine how challenging it was to fit a body into a body bag when it's shaped like an L.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

At my previous job I did hospital triage. Once a guy walked up to me and said "My wife isn't doing well, I think she's dead". He told me she had been sick for several days and when she started doing really badly he had to get his neighbor to help carry her to the car. He said he didn't want to bother the fire department.

He had driven from his home on the eastern fucking shore of Maryland to DC. 100+ miles. Told me he was going to be staying at his house in Maryland because he didn't like his house in DC. She came out of the passenger seat and stayed in a seated position and we put her in an unstaffed room.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I've read this 3 times and still have no idea what actually happened

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Rigor mortise.

A postmortem change resulting in the stiffening of the body muscles.

Basically when you have been dead for a little while, you stay in the position you are in. So a seated dead body went stiff on the drive to the hospital and stayed in that position even when taken out of the car.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It was just poorly written.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

He wanted her declared dead in DC for tax reasons?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I get heart catheterizations at my yearly check ups for my heart transplant. Reading this made me feel sick. I'm so glad I go to a very well renown hospital for it.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

My 27 year old fiance just had to have a heart ablation and reading this nearly brought me to tears thinking about what could have happened.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, I'm guessing that part of it is that Chillicothe is in the middle of nowhere (I went to a trade school there).

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Hi, Doctor Nick!

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Finally

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I was told here on Lemmy recently that "The Todd" from Scrubs is basically true about surgeons, so this shouldn't have surprised me.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

i haven't seen that show. what's up with "The Todd"?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

https://scrubs.fandom.com/wiki/Todd_Quinlan

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Jarrod could be completely innocent in this whole ordeal, but I can't be the only one thinking.......

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

"Separate allegations made by colleagues indicate that he and another physician, Dr. Matos Cruz, were observed watching YouTube videos on medical procedures they were unfamiliar with. One patient reportedly died after such a procedure, while another had to undergo three additional procedures at Ohio State University, according to families connected to the procedures."

Fucking youtube doctors. Wow.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I just want to point out of all the things here this is the least alarming, although context is key. Trust me when I say your medical professionals are googling and YouTubing all kinds of shit. I’ve watched doctors google procedures before attempting them, especially if it’s a rare procedure. YouTube actually has hundreds of hours of manufacturer hosted content designed specifically for this. Now again context is key. They say someone died after they attempted the thing they were searching. That’s def a problem especially if it were some procedure they should be fully competent to perform.

If your mechanic is googling how to change some obscure part on a car he rarely works on, mmmm that’s reasonable. If your mechanic is googling ‘how to turn on windshield wiper Toyota Camry’ we got problems.

I remember sitting at the nurses station one day and someone asked the ER doc if she was familiar with this extremely rare genetic disorder. She goes ‘how dare you ask me that question I am a MEDICAL DOCTOR.’ There was a bit of a pause and she goes ‘ haha just kidding I have no idea but I’m gonna look it up’ .

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

This. Knowledgeable professionals "google" things all the time.

If you need an unusual procedure, would you prefer your surgeon googled it to find a video of some prof explaining it, or a surgeon that just tries to remember.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

As a programmer, I have made a career from being one step ahead, thanks to Google. I don’t bother with formal training courses anymore, when a quick skim of Google gives me what I need much quicker. Text books? I have not bought one in decades.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I am the same way. Taught myself c#,Unity, Blender, Gimp, Audacity and more and made a top rated VR app in a 3 year period. Now I still the these resources, plus several AI’s. Love how accessible information and knowledge is becoming.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Weekend at Adena's.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Weekend at Bernice's?

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