Posted on 10/10/2014 1:53:13 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
This week, Thomas Eric Duncan became the first person who contracted Ebola abroad to die in the United States. Despite receiving care at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Duncan’s condition was too advanced to save him even after he was administered an experimental antiviral drug. A new report published by the Associated Press, however, calls into question whether the hospital was justified when they released Duncan after his initial visit. That report suggests that the Ebola victim was heavily symptomatic on his first visit to the hospital, and that hospital staff ignored precaution that should have been taken when treating a potential Ebola carrier.
Duncan’s family recently released 1,400 pages of medical records to the AP, leading reporters to discover that Duncan had a fever which had spiked to 103 degrees while he was in hospital. Attending nurses, however, only gave him antibiotics, told to take Tylenol, and released him.
When he first showed up at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, the man complained of abdominal pain, dizziness, a headache and decreased urination. He reported severe pain — rating it an eight on a scale of 10. Doctors gave him CT scans to rule out appendicitis, stroke and numerous other serious ailments. Ultimately, he was prescribed antibiotics and told to take Tylenol, then returned to the apartment where he was staying with a Dallas woman and three other people.
After his condition worsened, someone in the apartment called 911, and paramedics took him back to the hospital on Sept. 28. That’s when he was admitted and swiftly put in isolation.
The documents also show that a nurse recorded early in Duncan’s first hospital visit that he recently came to the U.S. from Africa, though he denied having been in contact with anyone sick.
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The hospital acted on the best information they had which was provided by Duncan. We all know Duncan lied about his symptoms and contacts with the infected. Therefore no one should be surprised that the hospital arrived at a faulty decision with absolutely incorrect information. Garbage in, garbage out.
Welcome to California's government sponsored nightmare.
But don't feel like the lonestar state here....This kind of thing is becoming the norm all over the country...
Exactly. The situation created by hospital protocol for consent by ‘next of kin’ complicates the situation. When push comes to shove, Duncan gambled and lost when he opted to withhold critical details about his exposure to Ebola 4 days prior to global travel.
Exactly. The situation created by hospital protocol for consent by ‘next of kin’ complicates the situation. When push comes to shove, Duncan gambled and lost when he opted to withhold critical details about his exposure to Ebola 4 days prior to global travel.
That area around the hospital is loaded with foreign accents
abdominal pain, dizziness, a headache and decreased urination. He reported severe pain — rating it an eight on a scale of 10. Doctors gave him CT scans to rule out appendicitis, stroke and numerous other serious ailments. Ultimately, he was prescribed antibiotics and told to take Tylenol, then returned to the apartment where he was staying with a Dallas woman and three other people.
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Sounds like they followed normal practices in normal times.
That’s exactly how I see it. They have Liberians come there enough. If it weren’t for the CDC indicating that you had to be around someone with it, and he lied, then the hospital should be completely off the hook for the misdiagnosis. His lie and the CDC’s ineptness compounded the problem, resulting in his death, I expect that any lawyer work his salt will bring this up, should the family decide to sue.
Hope you get better. Many adults can go a long time without getting a high fever. At least 45 years since I've had a fever that high.
Reminds me: I left the remote IR thermometer out on the motorcycles's seat.
If Mr Duncan had told the hospital that he had just come from Liberia, that he had carried a dying ebola victim in his arms just a few days ago, I’m betting he would not have been sent away the first time.
In other wirds his own lies may have been his undoing. I hope other Liberians might learn that lesson.
But probably not. The suing machine is huge here and they will take advantage of that instead
Just the same, when you treat a patient recently returned from a third world country, that’s got to be in the back of your mind. You can’t just let it go because they lie to you. People bring all kinds of horrid illnesses back you don’t want in the general population.
I don’t know the new hospital protocols, though. Unless the self-deceptive types at DU, they HAVE changed since Obamacare, and they ARE releasing folks they never would have without observation.
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