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Medication Error

Critical insights into the implications of recent court rulings on EMS practice and patient care
The criminalization of medical errors has added a new layer to reducing harm
Wolfberg and Wirth on how to avoid legal pitfalls
In closing arguments, Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson said the Aurora paramedics did not properly assess McClain’s condition
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Prosecutors said the Aurora paramedics did not properly assess McClain and ultimately gave him a significant overdose of ketamine
Aurora paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec each face criminally negligent homicide and other charges
Colorado Solictor General Shannon Stevenson said the Aurora paramedics administered too much ketamine for McClain’s body weight
Jury selection begins Monday for Aurora Fire Department paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec
The Texas Department of State Health Services found the medic did not adhere to protocols and compromised the patient’s condition
Aurora paramedics Cooper and Cichuniec are scheduled to be tried in November
An attorney for one of the Aurora officers said, “Mr. McClain died because Paramedic Cooper injected him with 1.7, 1.8 times the ketamine for someone his weight and size.”
Document in the ongoing special victims unit investigation alleges the teen with autism was given 10 milligrams of Versed to “shut him up”
Video evidence from the 2021 scene reportedly captured a provider saying, “She gave her the whole d*** thing . . . She wasn’t supposed to give her that much.”
The study aims to determine the type and prevalence of the mistakes and other factors
Attorneys for the Ohio patient and her husband allege that the paramedics were negligent
Check out the guests, the controversy and the takeaways that garnered these episodes of Inside EMS an EMS One-Stop the most listens of the year
Simplifying the patient assessment process for every patient can reduce variability, lower your stress and improve patient care
The attempt to eliminate all error is a fruitless endeavor as long as we have human beings acting at the point of care
RaDonda Vaught faces up to eight years in prison for injecting the paralyzing drug vecuronium instead of the sedative Versed
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss a recent guilty verdict in the case of a former nurse who made a fatal medication error on the job
RaDonda Vaught, 37, injected the paralyzing drug vecuronium into 75-year-old Charlene Murphey instead of the sedative Versed
Examining the types of medical errors prehospital providers are susceptible to, the contributing factors and how infusion pumps can safeguard against medication errors
Improve safety for you, your crew, your patient and your community with these simple strategies anyone can implement
Does bolus dose epinephrine or phenylephrine have a role in the prehospital environment?
Identify the human factors – fatigue, stress, distraction – that can cause medical errors and change your organization’s culture
Outlining defined goals and metrics through strategic planning prevents medical errors from reaching patients in the prehospital environment
Our co-hosts discuss a news story out of Tennessee that could have implications for EMS providers who administer medication