Medical error: The second victim

Personal View 812 When I was a housekeeper, another resident could not judge the ECG marks filled with tamponade. This news spread quickly, the incident repeated in the face of an incredible colleague jury who returned to an incredible summary judgment. I quietly wonder if I can lose my feelings and make the same mistake - and like a miserable resident, it will be the second victim of the error. There is no wrong place in modern medicine. Society entrusts doctors to understand and cope with the disease. Technical innovation that presents "only human beings", technical miracles, the apparent accuracy of laboratory testing, and the specific image of the disease actually produces complete expectations. Patients can understand that their doctor is absolutely necessary, they collide with the doctor and deny that there is a mistake. The solution to this problem is to promise to "find it will never happen again" by finding people and blaming them. Paradoxically, this method distracts attention

Since its founding, the Secure Pharmacotherapy Institute (ISMP) has provided free professional and emotional support to the second victim (and the third victim) of a serious mistake. Provide ongoing discussion at any time of the day at all times, provide support and follow as necessary, support the request to submit or participate in educational programs, and provide on-site support and testimonials at the authorization committee hearing and criminal proceedings provide. ISMP's service for the second victim of error. Also, by linking these victims with other second (and third) victims who have similar experiences, community consciousness can be provided rather than isolation.

It is well known that doctors and other medical professionals may cause serious mistakes by negligence. What is not well known is how these mistakes permanently affect victims of medical malpractice. These victims were forced to deal with the emotional and physical consequences of injuries caused by doctors. These effects usually affect the rest of their lives. Despite the change in life, some victims of medical malpractice did not ask for compensation. Whether a medical accident has occurred many patients are not certain about their particular situation. No one is so responsible because people mistakenly believe that it only happens at the hospital. Other victims waited too long to consult a lawyer, the law of restriction expired. In Arizona, the provision of restrictions on medical malpractice is two years after the person should know what he knows the injury, and ask him / her to accept notification for investigating the cause of the injury I will.

Hyatt, who was a nurse for more than 20 years, is another "second victim" of another medical error. Many doctors and other medical professionals adhere to perfect standards and they feel lonely when they have problems. Doctors' health experts estimate that 250 doctors commit suicide every year - about twice the general population. The surgical archival study in January showed that when doctors thought they made a serious medical mistake they showed that there is a high possibility of considering suicide three times by other doctors.