11: A doubly bad outcome
Case 11 A doubly bad outcome Mrs Benjamin is a 34-year-old woman who has been referred to the medical assessment unit by her GP with a 48-hour history of breathlessness….
8: Man down
Case 8 Man down Mr Brown, a 46-year-old air traffic controller, awakes one morning at 4.45 am and gets ready to start his early morning shift. He usually cycles the…
1: A shaky excuse
Case 1 A shaky excuse Paul Turner is a 34-year-old self-employed painter and decorator who is normally fit and active. He has been diagnosed as having probable multiple sclerosis after…
6: An opportunity missed
Case 6 An opportunity missed Samantha Jenkins, 36, has been referred to the medical take by her GP with generalized fatigue, weakness and some lumbar pain. She last felt well…
3: Chase the bloods
Case 3 Chase the bloods Mrs Chung is a 59-year-old woman who has come to the emergency department because she feels very weak, is dizzy and at times has pins…
4: Falling asleep en-route
Case 4 Falling asleep en-route Mr Aziz is a 68-year-old man who has been brought to the Emergency Department by ambulance. He had been referred to the on-call medical team…
2: Making matters worse
Case 2 Making matters worse Mrs Turnbull is a 74-year-old lady with moderate COPD having smoked 10 cigarettes per day for over 50 years. Six years ago, she had two…
2: Medico-legal aspects
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Section 2: Medico-legal aspects Error in a legal context So far, we have discussed medical error in general, nonlegal terms. Now we shall consider it from a strictly…
1: Errors and their causes
Number % Death 422 32.0 Unnecessary pain 247 18.7 Fractures 207 15.7 Pressure sores 93 6.8 Psychiatric 31 2.4 Bruising/extravasation 24 1.8 Healthcare associated infection 14 1.1 Brain damage 14…
Promoting health in an era of globalisation
Chapter 3. Promoting health in an era of globalisation Introduction Health promotion is the central process involved in developing community capacity. As proposed in the Ottawa Charter, health promotion includes…
