Category Archives: Cardiac Nursing

A FORMER nurse died as a result of complications after she accidentally took a large quantity ofparacetamol tablets while suffering with sepsis. The Isle of Wight Coroner's Court heard how Mair Phillips, 87, had been suffering with a septic toe. During her illness, her son-in-law brought her a pack ofparacetamol, only to be horrified later in the day when she called him asking for more as she had finished the packet Continue reading →

About Virginia Mason Health System Virginia Mason, founded in 1920, is a nonprofit regional health care system based in Seattle that serves the Pacific Northwest. In the Puget Sound region, the system includes 336-bed Virginia Mason Hospital; a primary and specialty care group practice of more than 500 physicians; regional medical centers in Seattle, Bainbridge Island, Bellevue, Federal Way, Kirkland, Issaquah and Lynnwood; Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the U.S. designed and built specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS; Benaroya Research Institute, which is internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, which trains health care professionals and others from around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative management methodology for continually improving quality, safety and efficiency Continue reading →

Cardiac Holter Monitoris a portable battery operated device that records and measures a persons heart activity (ECG) continuously at a stretch for 24 hours to 48 hours or even for a longer period depending on the type of monitoring used. The device has wires with silver dollar-sized electrodes that attach to the skin of a person. Continue reading →

At least 40 inmates have died at Santa Rita Jail since Jan. 1, 2014. Here are photographs of 11 of those inmates Continue reading →

The community is coming together to aid a Parsippany mother who is recovering from open heart surgery nearly a month after the birth of her fourth child. More than $44,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Heather Anen as of Thursday morning. Anen and her husband, Said Shamsudin, welcomed a baby girl to their family on Aug Continue reading →

A heartbroken family has paid tribute to a brilliant father and grandfather who sadly died after choking on his evening meal at a Hull nursing home . David Wainberg, 75, went into cardiac arrest after he choked on a piece of food at Windermere House on June 20, 2018. He sadly passed away at Hull Royal Infirmary three days later Continue reading →

Of all the things you ever learned, one lesson unlocked nearly everything else. You probably dont even remember when it happened, when you realized that squiggles and angles could help you to know all there is to know. Indeed, the A-B-Cs were just the beginning Continue reading →

In spring 2018, Tim Walker was working on a PhD in microbiology. Continue reading →

Records obtained by The Buffalo News show medical missteps in the Erie County Holding Center preceded the recent death of inmate Connell Burrell. The records, which provide the first full account of what happened, show Burrell's blood sugar crashed to dangerously low levels after he was given a large dose of jail-provided insulin. With Burrell sweating and confused, Holding Center nurses tried to restore the diabetic man's glucose with, among other things, a peanut butter sandwich. Continue reading →

Earlier this year, patients, doctors, nurses and EMTs took 3-minute turns telling Tennessee officials what they saw happening inside their hospitals after two health systems merged to form Ballad Health. The meeting in February has been the sole opportunity for people living in either Tennessee or Virginia to step up to a microphone and tell their stories on the record, and air their concerns about Ballads plan to reduce the level of emergency care at two hospitals Continue reading →