Hidden Mistakes In Hospitals Nov 16, 2009
Neurologists at the hospital saw no signs of life, and 24 days after kissing his wife as she was wheeled to the operating room, Bill Smith signed the order allowing her to die. Now, four years later, he keeps a photograph of Linda clipped to the visor in his car. (FOX61, CT)
Nurses head to Egypt to repair facial deformities in children Nov 15, 2009
Meade has worked at MetroWest Medical Center for 32 years and is an operating room charge nurse, as is Beverly Plante, who's been at the hospital for 42 years. Plante has gone on four Operation Smile missions, to Vietnam twice, China and Morocco - all with Meade. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
St. Francis Hospital In Hartford Is On Probation For One Year Nov 14, 2009
Said the hospital: "Throughout the hospital there have been aggressive actions taken, including new reporting responsibilities, administrative changes, updated operating room procedures, and revised equipment inspection and maintenance policies, all to help ensure the superior patient care that is our highest priority. Saint Francis wishes to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of the patient who passed away following surgery that prompted this review of our policies, procedures, and... (FOX61, CT)
Quitting Smoking Simplifies Surgical Recovery Nov 14, 2009
"Anesthesiologists are the heart and lung specialists in the operating room, making sure our patients' vital functions are working properly," said Dr. David O. Warner, who chairs the group's smoking cessation task force. "Every year, we care for up to 10 million smokers in surgery. We see the immense toll that smoking takes on a person's body, but we also witness the tremendous benefits patients who stop smoking before surgery experience in their healing process.". (MEDLINEplus)
16-Year-Old Heart Patient Makes Medical History Nov 13, 2009
Within 24 hours, Frank was in the operating room, where Morales and his team implanted a temporary heart assist device called a Rota Flow. But once we saw he was not going to recover, we put in a mechanical heart pump called the HeartMate II, Morales said. (Fox News)
Mom: Hospital irradiated my baby Nov 13, 2009
Earlier this month in Rhode Island, state regulators took the unusual step of requiring video cameras in all operating rooms at Rhode Island Hospital after a spate of errors ... If a nurse states that you're having an appendectomy and she's right, that's not enough, because that nurse won't necessarily be there with you in the operating room ... Corina says you should do it in front of the surgeon who will be with you in the operating room, and not just in front of the person who hands you the... (CNN)
A two percent chance... ..four years later Nov 12, 2009
As she recalls her memories of watching her son disappear into the operating room at Jackson s Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, Jan begins to cry. Before he left, I asked the surgeon if he was Christian, Jan said. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
Made Here: State-of-the-art pet care Nov 11, 2009
When further treatment is necessary, you enter another part of the building, the hub of the clinic which includes high-tech features such as a crash station, EKG, dental area with digital dental X-ray and a glass-enclosed sterile operating room for both routine and major surgeries. Having an open plan layout means whilst the patient has their own particular doctor, we can all have access to caring for an animal at any given time, said Dr. Patricia Hart. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)
After saving 661 babies, foster mom finds herself subject of a movie Nov 10, 2009
Debbe called a TV producer she knew and told him she wanted to have gastric surgery and let a camera crew follow her into the operating room ... What sort of person comes up with a plan to bring a TV camera crew into the operating room with them for protection. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
I-Team: Fire in the Operating Room Nov 10, 2009
Instead, Aunt Chris went to a burn unit, according to court records, before dying from the injuries she sustained in the operating room ... Not from the surgery but from burns she sustained in the operating room at Desert Springs Hospital. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)
Hospital suing developer Nov 10, 2009
The planned expansion would add 40 inpatient beds, an operating room and two cardiac-catheterization labs to the medical center, which now has 25 beds and only one operating room. "This area desperately needs timely access to health care," Johns said. (AZCentral -- Business)
Robotic Repair For Vaginal Prolapse Has Significant Benefits Nov 10, 2009
1) less-invasive, laparoscopic surgery took less time in the operating room. 2) fewer postoperative complications. (Science Daily)
Best from Sunday Nov 9, 2009
And when they do open up about what they saw on the battlefield or in the operating room, it's to other veterans or military doctors. State and federal government offices will close Wednesday in observance of Veterans Day. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Donald Baim, 60, heart surgeon, executive Nov 9, 2009
Pioneering cardiologist Dr. Donald S. Baim concluded three years ago he could help heart patients more from the boardroom as chief medical officer at Boston Scientific than from the operating room. Amid explosive growth in medical device technology, Dr. Baim, who lived in Westwood, worked on new generations of stents and other medical devices until a rare form of cancer cut his life short at age 60. (Boston Globe)
Hero 'Civilian Cops' Emerge After Fort Hood Shooting Sgt. Kimberly Munley lost so much blood doctors feared she wouldn't make it. Nov 8, 2009
Munley proved to be as tough in the operating room as she was while confronting Hasan in their close-range shootout. Dr. Kelly Matlock, who treated Munley at the Metroplex Hospital, said her first words in recovery were concern about Hasan's victims. (ABC News)
Kosovo girl gets life changing gift in Sheridan Nov 8, 2009
Eventually, Milner asked Sheridan Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mike McCafferty if the hospital would donate the operating room time and support staff for the procedure. McCafferty approached the hospital board, which supported the idea. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Students honor veterans at Winterville service Nov 8, 2009
And when they do open up about what they saw on the battlefield or in the operating room, it's to other veterans or military doctors ... And when they do open up about what they saw on the battlefield or in the operating room, it's to other veterans or military doctors. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Military training can provide an edge in job markets Nov 8, 2009
Today, he works as a supply specialist at MCG Health Inc., ordering supplies for the operating room and several clinics. "I used everything I learned in the Army. Being in the military, I think they give us the skills to do any kind of job. I had to do a quick study of a job and fulfill it. I was able to do this (current) job because of my military training," Mr. Dillard said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
No comments posted. Nov 7, 2009
I was one of the surgeons in the operating room. We have a team of surgeons that do this and mostly we coordinate those teams according to the special need and we mobilize them. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Beyond the Multiplex Nov 7, 2009
I can imagine that some viewers don't want to see this material quite so up close and personal, but speaking as a male human who has witnessed exactly two births in person (two minutes apart, and in an operating room), I found the home-birth scenes shattering, inspiring and prodigiously emotional. Then we meet an impressive series of OB/GYN's, medical researchers, midwives and anthropologists who explain how we wound up with a childbirth system that is more expensive and more dangerous than the... (Salon)
Fort Hood FAQ Nov 7, 2009
Of the 27 who were accounted for, only 18 made it into an operating room. Eight survived with significant disabilities; 10 had a good recovery. (Slate)
Franklin hospital seeking resources Nov 7, 2009
The hospital has only one operating room, which is no longer adequate for a facility that handles nearly three times as many surgeries as it did 22 years ago, Andrus said. Ultimately, the price tag of the bond was just too high, said Debbie Sistrunk, a Preston resident. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
FDA Plan Seeks To Curb Accidental Overdoses Nov 6, 2009
Other issues include preventing operating room fires started by alcohol-based surgical solutions. "Too many people suffer unnecessary injuries from avoidable medication misuse, errors and other problems. The FDA is launching the Safe Use Initiative to develop targeted solutions for reducing these injuries," FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said in a statement. (KIRO TV, WA)
Arlington officials can't get their stories straight Nov 6, 2009
She had served 26 years as an operating room nurse in the Air Force she loved, including 17 months in a Manila hospital treating wounded soldiers during the Vietnam War. In death, Grabe wanted to mark her service to her country with a suitably honorable burial at Arlington National Cemetery. (Salon)
Texas Children's Hospital opens new simulation center Nov 5, 2009
High-tech equipment including mannequins that, among other things, can bleed and turn blue, innovative software and audio/visual systems will simulate critical medical events ranging from a patient experiencing cardiac arrest to a fire in the operating room, while trained actors will play the roles of family members. The experience of simulation allows for such an advanced level of training and helps ensure that we are truly prepared to work together as a highly-coordinated team for every... (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Senate health-care bill would cover prayer-based treatments Nov 4, 2009
She was told it was because she had one too many nurses in the operating room during her surgery. At that point I hung up on my insurance representative that I was talking to, she says. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Frye, Suns take down T-Wolves Nov 2, 2009
Frye, especially, has added to the mix with his ability to spread the floor - creating operating room inside for Nash, Hill and Stoudemire. Suns coach Alvin Gentry said Frye began to hesitate after hitting several 3-point shots in his home debut against Golden State and has to get used to the idea that he might get seven, eight shots in a row if he's open. (AZCentral -- Sports)
‘Immediate needs’: Preston board lobbies for new medical center Nov 2, 2009
The hospital has only one operating room, which is no longer adequate for a facility that handles nearly three times as many surgeries as it did 22 years ago, Andrus said. The nature of surgery and medicine has changed since the hospital was built so that operating rooms are filled with advanced equipment, computers and other devices, he said. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
The Conversation: Cut health costs? Here's a prescription Nov 1, 2009
Kaiser Permanente's Sean Chai explains the modern operating room. Kaiser is a great example of the successful interface of technical innovation and integrated delivery of services to patients. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
TV recaps Oct. 25-31: Desperate Housewives, Biggest Loser, etc. Nov 1, 2009
TV recaps Oct. 25-31: Desperate Housewives, Biggest Loser, etc (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Everyone has the potential of giving the gift of life' Nov 1, 2009
At 1 a.m., Aug. 2, 2004, a call came from Mayo Clinic saying they had a donor's heart and he was to report to St. Marys Hospital at 6 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. he was in the operating room and at 12:30 p.m. a new heart was inserted and at 4:30 p.m. he was sent to the intensive care unit. The next morning he was smiling and squeezed my hand. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
If the shoe fits... Oct 31, 2009
I wear them in the operating room I actually have them on with my Navy uniform right now, says Baldwin ... I wear them in the operating room I actually have them on with my Navy uniform right now, says Baldwin. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Bernie Marcus, Dan Cathy back launch of new Malizia Clinic Oct 31, 2009
Community specialists will say to themselves, I don t want to be in the operating room for four hours for $1,200, when I can do four vasectomies for $800 a piece, he said. The Malizia Clinic s low-volume model means it s unlikely to make money. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Molly Eisenberg, at 19; lived final year as if it were forever Oct 30, 2009
Diagnosed with ovarian cancer a week into college, she endured chemotherapy and three trips to the operating room for surgery. Through months of hope and setbacks, her dazzling smile was a beacon, her poise a mooring for family and friends cast adrift by her prognosis. (Boston Globe)
Woman Accidentally Swallows Coffee Spoon, Has It Removed From Jejunum With No Complications Oct 30, 2009
She had to be taken to operating room for an exploratory laparotomy which disclosed that a 15 cm spoon was passed into the jejunum following about 200 cm of the ligament of Treitz. After the operation, the patient was well and was discharged home on postoperative day 7. (Science Daily)
Can you be too clean? Officials address age-old debate Oct 30, 2009
Can you be too clean. Officials address age-old debate - Somerset - Daily American. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Taxpayers face $31 mil. bond Oct 29, 2009
" Assuming taxpayers would have to pay only on 17 million of the general obligation bonds, Andrus said the owner of a 200,000 home, factoring in the homeowner's exemption, would pay about 187 in additional taxes per year.Andrus said the hospital has also committed in writing to developing a county resident health tax credit program, in which it would offer those who pay taxes on the new hospital a credit at the new hospital for services. The new hospital would be built on 20 acres north of... (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
How to beat jetlag Oct 29, 2009
Friends from the USA, who visit South Africa each year to perform surgery at Baragwanath Hospital, say it works perfectly and that they hit the operating room fully energised, with no trace of jet lag. This onerous method is worth it for them, as they have a short stay on a tight schedule and cant afford to waste time recovering from the journey. (iAfrica.com)
Channel 5 reporter honored by Ellie Fund for making impact on fight against breast cancer Oct 28, 2009
With strong support from both Needham-based WCVB-TV5 and her family, Tuthill began a very public journey into the world of breast cancer, allowing cameras to follow her into the operating room and the recovery room both before and after her mastectomy, into the hospital during chemo and radiation, and into her home. For Tuthill, making the videos made the whole experience feel a bit more like a project, something she could focus on when everything else in her life seemed to be spinning rapidly... (Needham Tab, MA)
Shop Talk: The latest scoop in business Oct 28, 2009
I feel very comfortable in the operating room, said Hendrian, who has a critical care background and found anesthesia similar to what she enjoyed while a nurse. I m excited to work in a smaller, yet completely up-to-date facility. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
DOCTOR JOE: Miami doctor treats uninsured with dignity Oct 27, 2009
MIAMI -- Dr. Pedro Jose Greer stands in a cool, dim operating room at Miami's Mercy Hospital, looking at a glowing image of a patient's digestive system on a flat-screen TV. ... He walked into the operating room. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
White House Steps Up Chamber Fight Oct 26, 2009
Just like you never want to hear a doctor say "oops" in the operating room, you never want to see a going-concern statement in a financial report about a company you own. Accountants throw these in when they've been over the books, talked to customers, and checked the horoscopes and have concluded there is "substantial doubt" about a company's ability to remain in business. (Fox News)
Thomas Eakins' The Agnew Clinic Oct 26, 2009
Eakins occasionally liked to put himself in his paintings, and his minimized figure can be seen at the operating room doorway as he listens to someone whispering by his side. The inclusion of Eakins was actually done by Eakins wife, Susan Macdowell Eakins, who had been his former student and was an artist in her own right. (Suite101.com)
Two dead; five years in prison for horsing around Oct 26, 2009
She died twice in the (operating room) getting patched up from this. Gallant s mother, Diane Abell, read a statement from her daughter who, she said, was physically unable to stand at the lectern and testify. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Could letting pilots take a nap make flying safer? Oct 26, 2009
"It's kind of like being in an operating room. You know the physicians and the nurses ... are listening to music, telling jokes, they're doing what keeps them alert," he said. "Things are happening that if the public knew about it, they wouldn't understand it, but it's done. They've got the same thing in the cockpit.". (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Houston woman receives free pacemaker and second chance at life Oct 25, 2009
11 News was inside the operating room at Houston Northwest Medical Center as Molina was prepped. The surgery began and one hour later the doctor had the good news. (KHOU.com, TX)
Home sales rise 9.4 pct. in Sept., beat forecast Oct 25, 2009
A steady job as an operating room nurse is one reason Hope Carson, 41, is able to buy a home. She's planning to make an offer next week on a foreclosed property outside Atlanta and is hoping the deal will close in time for her to qualify for the tax credit. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
St. John Medical Center gets go-ahead for angioplasty program Oct 25, 2009
mullins wrote on Oct 24, 2009 5:28 PM:" I used to work in a busy operating room in San Diego. We did open heart surgeries daily. I was responsible for calling in the appropriate staff when an angioplasty started. Depending on what class of risk the patient fell into determined what staff had to be available in the building in order for the procedure to start. A class 1 only required the OR to be on alert. A class 2 involved heart staff in the building and a class 3 had to have surgeon,... (Longview Daily News, WA)
One Tri-City girl's death gives another life Oct 24, 2009
Kayla's family didn't know until after she was in the operating room that the lungs were as good a match as had been predicted. They got a phone call at 7:30 a.m. from the operating room saying the lungs were healthy. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Breast cancer patients: Know your options! Oct 23, 2009
"They didn't wait for all the tests to come back, and when they did, the tests showed these women could have kept their breasts, but they had that operating room booked.". Griggs also recommends going beyond your surgeon, who is often the first person a patient consults, for advice. (CNN)
Its never too early for a mammogram Oct 23, 2009
But once inside the operating room, they discovered cancer inside three of her lymph nodes. She would stay on chemotherapy and radiation throughout the summer. (Rsolindale Parkway Transcript, MA)
High school students learn ins and outs of a hospital Oct 23, 2009
Those who join will meet for two nights a month during the school year, working with volunteer hospital staff led by Dr. Don Adams and operating room nurse Tom Chaput. During an open house session last night, 11 female students showed up, hailing mainly from Holliston, Natick and Franklin. (Framingham TAB, MA)
Health group improving south Phoenix birth rates Oct 23, 2009
A registered nurse, Hughes joined Thunderbird in November 2002 and was an operating room nurse-education specialist. She now is responsible for educating hospital staff and physicians about the new blood management program, developing treatment protocols with regard to blood management and evaluating overall blood use. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
The Case of the Disappearing Assistant Surgeon Oct 23, 2009
We may not engage in the same kind of dramatic medical banter that fictional surgeons do (like flying a passenger jet, safe surgery should be a little bit boring), but that second doctor the assistant surgeon should be in the operating room for all major procedures ... In teaching hospitals, the assistant surgeon in most operating rooms is a senior resident or fellow a medical school graduate who is in training to become a surgeon. (Time.com)
Elementary kids go to college Oct 23, 2009
"I want to be a nurse in the operating room," she said. "Or a lawyer.". (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Man Pleads Not Guilty In Crash That Killed Marine Oct 23, 2009
lance Cpl. Robert T. Austin, 19, died in an operating room at Palomar Medical Center. Tinoco and a passenger allegedly ran off, and an SUV driven by Sarah Garcia of Fallbrook slammed into the defendant's car and rolled down an embankment. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Jim Fall: Physical conditioning not so easy anymore Oct 21, 2009
I really got into the conditioning mode several years ago after spending some time in an operating room getting my heart rebuilt, but like all good things, that too eventually came to an end. Well, not really to an end, but it has waned in practice, if not in importance. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Registered Nurse Career Fair Oct 20, 2009
RN Education Training Programs (Critical Care, Emergency, Operating Room & more. . (Florida Today)
Trauma leverages the golden hour Oct 20, 2009
"If you're bleeding from the spleen, you need a surgeon, an operating room and imaging technology," just to start. All of these are fixed costs to a degree, he said, unaffected by patient volume, and not generally repayable. (Florida Today)
UConn Football Player Jasper Howard Stabbed To Death On Campus Oct 20, 2009
"I was called into the operating room to identify the body, 4, 4:30 [a.m. Sunday], somewhere in that range," Edsall said. "And then I got on the phone with the doctor, Dr. Marshall, and had to make a phone call to Jasper's family. I proceeded from there to go down and address the student athletes who were there, the students who were there in a room and, needless to say, that was not a very enjoyable moment for me.". (FOX61, CT)
Complications Are Not Best Predictor Of Hospital Mortality, Study Finds Oct 20, 2009
"The findings give us a much better sense about where we should be looking if we hope to reduce hospital mortality rates with surgery," says Birkmeyer, the George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery at U-M. "Rather than focusing only on what the surgeon does in the operating room, we need to focus on what's happening on the wards and in the intensive care unit afterward.". The mortality rate at hospitals varied dramatically from 3. (Science Daily)
Scaling Back Justice? Oct 19, 2009
What is clear is that the patient is the victim in the operating room and in the courts. This nation's doctors are poor examples of what is available in modern medicine although I must balance this by saying medical science as a whole is still barely out of the dark ages. (CBS News)
On-site classes enthrall, unsettle students Oct 16, 2009
Then the movie screen was pulled down, showing an operating room upstairs and a medical team preparing for surgery. The camera zoomed in on Jane Doe s neck; otherwise, the only images visible on screen were the team s hands and their instruments. (Boston Globe)
Stem Cells from Fat Used to Grow Teen's Missing Facial Bones Oct 16, 2009
"We often find ourselves in the operating room saying, 'Man, I wish we had a little more bone,'" Taylor says. In adult patients plastic and metal have often subbed in, in the absence of bone, but as Taylor notes: "What happens if someone gets a fracture? It's another surgery." In contrast, a natural bone regrown from stem cells should heal on its own. (Scientific American)
Picture of hope Oct 15, 2009
Just before surgery, doctors sedated the little boy so he would be calm while they took him to the operating room. And when they took him from his father s arms, the man began to cry. (Lake Wales News, FL)
