Promoting patient safety and improving the quality of patient care
Tag: A Promise to Amanda
by Sean Power
On behalf of the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety I would like to congratulate A Promise to Amanda Foundation on a successful fundraiser and awareness campaign. Continue reading “PPAHS Speaks at A Promise to Amanda Foundation Fundraiser”
The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS), an advocacy group of physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, healthcare organizations and patient safety advocacy groups, recently released four essentials for patient safety. Continue reading “Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety Announces Four Essentials for Safety for Patients Receiving Opioids”
NBC-affiliate WNDU recently reported that Memorial Hospital of South Bend in Indiana has fulfilled A Promise to Amanda. Starting this month, every patient who receives opioids or sedation on every floor at Memorial Hospital will be continuously electronically monitored with capnography. Continue reading “Memorial Hospital Makes a Promise to Amanda to Continuously Electronically Monitor Opioid Patients with Capnography”
The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS), an advocacy group devoted to improving patient health and safety, added its voice to a growing number of physicians and patient advocates warning that patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pain pumps need to be continuously electronically monitored with oximetry for oxygenation and capnography for adequacy of ventilation.
In a recent article, Everyday Health reports on one case involving a pain pump was that of 18-year old Amanda Abbiehl of Granger, Ind., who was looking forward to high school graduation when she came down with a throat infection so severe it landed her in the hospital. Her parents were relieved when a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pain pump delivering powerful opioids finally seemed to relieve their daughter’s blistering throat pain. Continue reading “Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) Adds Voice to Physicians and Patient Advocates Warning Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pain Pumps Need Better Monitoring”
By Timothy L.V. Wong (college intern with A Promise to Amanda Foundation, a non-profit working to ensure – “Monitor ALL PCA patients using Capnography – It Saves Lives”)
Patient Controlled Analgesia is the most common and effective form of pain treatment because it offers consistent and continuous pain relief. However, faults in current PCA technology are putting patients at risk everyday. Continue reading “The Path to a Safer PCA Pump: Improving Patient Safety with Integrated Capnography”