Posted by Nanc on March 26, 1998 at 16:58:07:
In Reply to: Re: First question posted by Marilyn Lawrence on March 26, 1998 at 16:36:12:
: : : : : : : : : : What is your definition of the good samaritan law?
: : : : : : : : : We all talk about emergencies that happen outside the workplace. What would happen if someine were to drop inside the hospital and we performed incorrect CPR and fractured ribs. Since we were inside the confines of our professional workplace on duty, could we be sued for injury then?
: : : : : : : : That's a good question, but I think the answer is yes because of the incorrect CPR performed.
: : : : : : : I think the answer is yes also because we are on duty.
: : : : : : Marilyn, I think that if you were not on duty and performed incorrect CPR after having been trained to do it correctly, you would also be liable.
: : : : : Do you think that it makes a difference if you were in the hospital rather than at Edison Mall?
: : : : Not regarding CPR.
: : : How about an incident that happened to an ICU RN friend of mine. During a code and going for another anticub vein, she got the radial artery instead (hard to tell no perfusion = blue blood, no perfusion = no pulsation) The patient survived but lost the arm because the radial artery clotted off. Lawsuit or not?
: : If CPR was being performed correctly should have been able to feel a radial pulse. I would think that there could be a lawsuit
Was pu;lse recorded at the time of stick? some pulses in bad codes are not felt and need dopler to locate them.
: In this circumstance there was no lawsuit. The patient was so thankful to be alive he kept thanking her and thanking her. She did her own self punishment because she felt so guilty and bad about it.