Before focusing on tips to defeat alarm fatigue and for making anesthesia safer for labor and surgery, three patient stories highlight the need for assessing patients for risk of venous thromboembolism: Continue reading “Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (May 15, 2015)”
Tag: BLOOD CLOTS
Excluding Pulmonary Embolism with Capnography
By Michael Wong, JD (Founder and Executive Director, Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety)
[Editor’s note: We need a safer, more accurate, readily available diagnostic test for pulmonary embolism. Anna Hemnes, MD of Vanderbilt provides evidence that capnography may be such a test.] Continue reading “Excluding Pulmonary Embolism with Capnography”
Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (May 8, 2015)
Happy Nurses Week!
This week’s must reads feature some interesting questions – and we would love to hear what you think on the following questions:
How can my wife be dead 48 hours after giving birth?
Continue reading “Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (May 8, 2015)”
Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (Apr 24, 2015)
Three themes for this week’s must reads:
- Dangers of Amniotic Fluid Embolism
- Assess and Treat Patients for Blood Clots
- Monitor Patients Receiving Sedation
Continue reading “Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (Apr 24, 2015)”
New Stroke VTE Safety Recommendations: Four Key Steps to Better Health Outcomes
In recent editorial for Vascular Disease Management, health advocates write about the new Stroke VTE Safety Recommendations, which they say will provide four key steps to better health outcomes. Continue reading “New Stroke VTE Safety Recommendations: Four Key Steps to Better Health Outcomes”
Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (Apr 17, 2015)
First, our apologies to Nike – we would like to use the phrases “Just Do It” and “Just Don’t Do It” to sum up this week’s must reads: Continue reading “Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (Apr 17, 2015)”
Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (Apr 3, 2015)
Our must reads for this week focus on 5 key tips, which if followed, could save a life.
As well, if you tweet about patient safety, a big “thank you” – see if your name appears below in our retweet shout outs. Continue reading “Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (Apr 3, 2015)”
Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (February 27, 2015)
This week’s must-reads range from a mother who died and was revived after blood clots to a call for better middleware from device manufacturers to combat alarm fatigue. Continue reading “Weekly Must Reads in Patient Safety (February 27, 2015)”
New Stroke VTE Safety Recommendations Prevent Blood Clots In Stroke Patients
Health Expert Panel Encourage Use of Venous Thromboembolism Recommendations to Reduce Adverse Events and Save Lives
The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is pleased to announce the release of safety recommendations targeting the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in stroke patients. Continue reading “New Stroke VTE Safety Recommendations Prevent Blood Clots In Stroke Patients”