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Baby died after untrained doctor took 50-50 gamble on pressing right button
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 3/21/06
| Nick Britten
Posted on 03/20/2006 8:26:10 PM PST by saquin
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:26:12 PM PST
by
saquin
To: saquin
More beauties of socialized medicine.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:28:16 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: saquin
The baby's mother, Lisa Weale, 35, from Longbridge, Birmingham, said that after the bypass incident she was told that the duty doctor was not qualified to monitor the machine. She was further told that the hospital did not have the resources to ensure there was always somebody on duty who was.
The wonders of the socialist medical model...
To: saquin
Machine needed one of these.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:29:52 PM PST
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(When Bush says "we mustn't act like clowns," the RATS don their multi-colored wigs and greasepaint.)
To: saquin
I wonder if his teachers graded his papers with purple or green markers?
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:30:57 PM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(But even if he does not...)
To: saquin
God bless the poor parents of this child. I'm not sure it's fair to blame socialized medicine for this....there are idiots in all countries. Let's all say a prayer for Little Thomas and his parents.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:32:17 PM PST
by
DogzOfWar
(only in Old Europe...)
To: saquin
The story is a bit convoluted and twisted but it begs the question - "where was the perfusionist?".
Seems like old Simon really stepped in it - but in a sense it wasn't his fault - there should have been a perfusionist present.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:32:27 PM PST
by
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
(When Bush says "we mustn't act like clowns," the RATS don their multi-colored wigs and greasepaint.)
To: saquin
Mr McGuirk said that he did not know whether to press the orange or blue buttons to restart the machine, so opted for the blue. It sent the machine into reverse, sucking blood from Thomas's body. He died a short time later. Mr McGuirk said that it had been an error on his part for which he took full responsibility but that Thomas had not suffered any damage as a result.
Did the kid die? or not?
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:33:56 PM PST
by
sonofjoe
To: saquin
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Perhaps, but if he wasn't sure what he was doing, couldn't he take a peek at the manual?
To: Cicero
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:39:02 PM PST
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: saquin
If it's not obvious how to turn the machine on, especially if it's prone to shutting itself off for non-obvious reasons, it's a serious design flaw.
IIRC, similarly bad user interfaces led to the accident at Three Mile Island.
To: sonofjoe
I read that as meaning that (in his opinion) the error isn't what caused the child's death.
To: saquin
Why didn't the equipment say something clever like "on", "off", or "power"? Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer has to save the town and he uses inny-minny to pick the right button.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:45:43 PM PST
by
MHT
To: Physicist
So-called international, all-language buttons drive me crazy. Your computer, your snowblower, your lawnmower, your weedwhacker, your x-ray machine. None of them have buttons that say "on" or "off" any more, because that might confuse a Hispanic and it would mean that you would have to put different buttons on your machines if you sell them in different countries.
All very well, but if you need to hit a button in a hurry, there's no instinctive recognition which one is which. Labeling them "On" and "Off" might seem to make more sense, but evidently that would cost export manufacturers more, and offend the language police.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:47:10 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:47:21 PM PST
by
Windsong
(Jesus Saves, but Buddha makes incremental backups)
To: saquin
Mr McGuirk said that he did not know whether to press the orange or blue buttons"I went for two blue which I thought was a less horrid colour than the orange."
...this had sucked blood from Thomas instead of sending it to him
"I should have pressed the two orange buttons, which would have pushed the blood from the circuit to Thomas
The logical choice would have been orange, which one would associate with an influx of blood. But McGuirk's decision making process seems to be based on what would look good with his shirt.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:50:35 PM PST
by
giotto
To: Windsong; martin_fierro
Umm, don't see me as a wet blanket here... but a dead child resulting from an LCD approach to medicine is not a laughing matter.
The point here is that lowered expectations result in lowered results. In health care, lowered results are death.
Feel free to flame away.
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:53:02 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(American troops cannot be defeated. American Politicians can.)
To: saquin
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:53:28 PM PST
by
F-117A
To: saquin
Next time buy a perfusion pump with the markings next to the buttons
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:55:35 PM PST
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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