S.Wilsford
Member
I e-mailed you some of the doctors deposition from my malpractice suit. You should find it interesting.
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patients/medical records/doctors? what is the rules/law
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summerbreeze65
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EC--?
EC,
I have a quick question. In your 4th reply to this post you said something to the effect that a surgeon should document findings of the surgery to validate the reason for the surgery. So if no "clear" causes were found in a persons surgery to validate having one, a doctor basically preformed an "unessasary" surgery? I just wanted to say also, I think you are, or were, a good nurse. Do you still practice? Sorry I got off the subject of this thread, but I had to ask.
EC,
I have a quick question. In your 4th reply to this post you said something to the effect that a surgeon should document findings of the surgery to validate the reason for the surgery. So if no "clear" causes were found in a persons surgery to validate having one, a doctor basically preformed an "unessasary" surgery? I just wanted to say also, I think you are, or were, a good nurse. Do you still practice? Sorry I got off the subject of this thread, but I had to ask.
S.Wilsford
Member
Exactly. Only in this case the unnecessary surgery was irreversible and irrepairable. With my condition the best treatment would have been exstensive physical therapy to tighten the muscles around the joints, if that failed then some type of surgery to tighten the shoulder capsule would be the next option. The Bristow procedure consisted of cutting and moving one of the main stabilizing muscles of the shoulder, that in itself makes no sense. I guess you can say by now I am a professional patient, surgical candidate, lab rat, something along those lines. Even though I have had 100's of IV's, I still can not look at it OR move the arm it's in for atleast 6 hours. I freak out thinking about it! Could not work in the medical field. Learned alot about legal and medical researching from, believe it or not, the attorney who represented the doctor in my medical malpractice suit! I worked at that law office for 3 years during and right after highschool. After what went on with the lawsuit, I decided if at all possible I would be the one in charge of my fate from now on. I am representing myself for my disability case, atleast this way when something goes wrong I will know why. But thank you for the compliment.
A couple of quotes from Dr. Wayne Burkhead, aka: "the GOD of shoulder instability repair" He did the last surgery on my left shoulder and it was amazing what he achieved using his hands and without using any hardware, it was doing great but of course I had to shatter the elbow on the same arm... shows how good a job he did, he fixed my shoulder so good that rather than it dislocating my elbow shattered! If it's not one challenge it's another. Think it's my "calling"?
1st quote: "We can all go home and rest easy tonight knowing we performed another NECESSARY surgery"!
2nd quote: It is only an unneccessary surgery if you screw it up!
A couple of quotes from Dr. Wayne Burkhead, aka: "the GOD of shoulder instability repair" He did the last surgery on my left shoulder and it was amazing what he achieved using his hands and without using any hardware, it was doing great but of course I had to shatter the elbow on the same arm... shows how good a job he did, he fixed my shoulder so good that rather than it dislocating my elbow shattered! If it's not one challenge it's another. Think it's my "calling"?
1st quote: "We can all go home and rest easy tonight knowing we performed another NECESSARY surgery"!
2nd quote: It is only an unneccessary surgery if you screw it up!
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JackSchroder
Guest
In the old days before the insurance industry decided what was malpractice, unnecessary surgery was simple battery. It was a sound basis for a malpractice suit. It still is, if you get rid of the medical jargon and just go straight to the facts as you presented them.
"EC,
I have a quick question. In your 4th reply to this post you said something to the effect that a surgeon should document findings of the surgery to validate the reason for the surgery. So if no "clear" causes were found in a persons surgery to validate having one, a doctor basically preformed an "unessasary" surgery?
---no, it doesn't 'make' it unnecessary surgery; it makes it a surgery for which the rationale was not documented. My answer is not based on her surgery, which does seem to have been NOT the best choice as well as not having the rationale for that procedure documented. The deposition section that she emailed me is pure nonsense from a professional.
I just wanted to say also, I think you are, or were, a good nurse. Do you still practice? Sorry I got off the subject of this thread, but I had to ask."summerbreeze65
---Thanks. I was/am a good nurse. I have been blessed with opportunities and blessed with the respect of my peers and associates. I kind of still work. I will consult for a few of my favorite attorneys, and I help care for the terminally ill, but not for pay, just as a way to help the patient, the family, and sometimes the hospice staff. Our hospice provider is very short-staffed for home care, so I will do IVs, catheters, provide supportive care during and after chemo, that kind of thing. I really miss a 'good' patient. It may sound wierd to a non-healthcare provider, but critical care nursing is 'fun'. My favorite patient is a post-op with complications and the abdomen has been left open, covered with mesh, and all of the internal organs have tubes, and the patient is being ventilated, and has all kinds of central lines. Sounds crazy, doesn't it?!
EC
I have a quick question. In your 4th reply to this post you said something to the effect that a surgeon should document findings of the surgery to validate the reason for the surgery. So if no "clear" causes were found in a persons surgery to validate having one, a doctor basically preformed an "unessasary" surgery?
---no, it doesn't 'make' it unnecessary surgery; it makes it a surgery for which the rationale was not documented. My answer is not based on her surgery, which does seem to have been NOT the best choice as well as not having the rationale for that procedure documented. The deposition section that she emailed me is pure nonsense from a professional.
I just wanted to say also, I think you are, or were, a good nurse. Do you still practice? Sorry I got off the subject of this thread, but I had to ask."summerbreeze65
---Thanks. I was/am a good nurse. I have been blessed with opportunities and blessed with the respect of my peers and associates. I kind of still work. I will consult for a few of my favorite attorneys, and I help care for the terminally ill, but not for pay, just as a way to help the patient, the family, and sometimes the hospice staff. Our hospice provider is very short-staffed for home care, so I will do IVs, catheters, provide supportive care during and after chemo, that kind of thing. I really miss a 'good' patient. It may sound wierd to a non-healthcare provider, but critical care nursing is 'fun'. My favorite patient is a post-op with complications and the abdomen has been left open, covered with mesh, and all of the internal organs have tubes, and the patient is being ventilated, and has all kinds of central lines. Sounds crazy, doesn't it?!
EC