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…
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…
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…
