The Worst Medical Mistakes Ever Made Part 12 #disturbing

[Kaz]

Had Appendicitis. Doctors missed being diagnosed, saying it was a stomach flu. The next day, it blew up and could've died. The pain was unimaginable.

[redline]

Everyone keeps telling me doctors care but they obviously don't, thats why i have no health insurance.

[p.lakhyaharichandana]

This is not the worst. Read about iv saline, iatrogenic, osmotic demylination syndrome, deaths due to so called medical errors each year, iv antibiotics and organ failure, save yourself and people you love .

[lolalalia]

This is actually the ENTIRE surgical team's fault. It is the surgical tech and circulating nurse who are required to do a complete count for every cavity or skin layer that is closed. For abdominal surgeries, we count all instruments, sharps, and soft goods while the cavity is being closed but to be completed before it is fully done so. After that we do another count of sharps and sponges as the layers if skin are closed followed by a final count. It is the scrub and circulator responsible for having this completed and the surgeon's responsibility to VERIFY that the counts have been completed. Also the anesthesiologist's responsibility to confirm all counts are good before wheeling the pt out of the room. Many hospitals have policies that require all soft goods be passed off the surgical field prior to the patient waking up and visually confirmed to all be present, usually using a counting bag that looks like a plastic shoe tree that hangs on the back of a door. One sponge is placed in each slot to visually confirm al are present. Sponges now have radiographic strips sewn into them for easy identification in an x-ray. These multiple counts are vital especially cuz some surgeons, residents, and medical students like to "help" their scrubs by grabbing an item from our table without telling us not fuly realizing that we have a very strict procedure for insuring no retained objects.