June 16, 5:15 am
True tales of training and trauma
From the slightly sardonic “I can’t believe this really happened” file:
If you’re a doctor providing emergency medical services, it would be good to know when someone is alive—and when someone is dead, right?
So how would you like to be the morgue employee who noticed a body bag was moving – the bag containing a woman who was pronounced “dead” by the aforementioned doctor? (No, really — it happened!!)
Perhaps a little training is in order for this certain doctor? And maybe a little vacation time is needed for the traumatized morgue employee!
But most definitely, a huge “thank you” to ANOTHER doctor “who noted the woman’s vital functions had returned.” My guess would be the second doctor was actually paying attention on the day when they taught how to recognize vital functions.
Filed in Training, Management, Health Care, Workplace

Discussion
What do you think? Leave a comment. Alternatively, write a post on your own weblog; this blog accepts trackbacks.
Leave a Reply