tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post7495360006718122724..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Texting while "driving" in the ORPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-59690108969715107652014-04-23T07:46:20.292-04:002014-04-23T07:46:20.292-04:00Thanks for writing the post, Paul. I wrote some s...Thanks for writing the post, Paul. I wrote some similar concerns about the latest fad, Google Glass. There are published data suggesting that distracted doctoring is a real potential health risk. If you or any readers are interested I can give you citations.Matt Katz, MDhttps://twitter.com/subatomicdocnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-16883432852886002962014-04-23T07:31:29.750-04:002014-04-23T07:31:29.750-04:00I am on the other side of the curtain so I can'...I am on the other side of the curtain so I can't speak for my anesthesia colleagues. I wonder if the monitor alarms were turned down or off. Normally when the O2 sat drops its obvious to all in the room from the sound. 15-20 min is a long time not to notice.<br />Thomas Panehttp://www.acplasticsurg.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-6230935695417346092014-04-23T06:57:48.814-04:002014-04-23T06:57:48.814-04:00I wonder how these doctors would feel if they were...I wonder how these doctors would feel if they were the patient and their OR doc behaved this way. Maybe there should be unobtrusive surveillance video in all operating rooms to dissuade doctors from inappropriate use of electronic equipment as well as to provide a record of what happened when something goes wrong.Barry Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-43677088076685357652014-04-23T06:27:20.665-04:002014-04-23T06:27:20.665-04:00From Facebook:
Janice Lynch Schuster: I know that...From Facebook:<br /><br />Janice Lynch Schuster: I know that whenever I see a call coming in from my 12 yo's school, I jump to answer (because he has a health condition). But I always have a back up, for the rare times when I just cannot be available. I don't understand, really, what is so essential and imperative, that we have all become tethered to devices. Myself included.<br /><br /><br />Mohammad Kashif Sheikh: It's astounding to me that isn't already regulated. Seems like common sense.<br /><br /><br />Bart Windrum Since when has common sense pervaded the delivery of hospitalized medicine? (just a lay person talking…)<br /><br /><br />Isam Osman: Sorry Paul. Let me finish this AAA and then I'll get back to you. :) Janice, Mohammed, Bart, Isamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-1426030592725471572014-04-22T20:37:36.252-04:002014-04-22T20:37:36.252-04:00From Facebook:
Doug Hall: "No non-emergent c...From Facebook:<br /><br />Doug Hall: "No non-emergent cell phone use or non-clinical electronic devices allowed in the O.R." and back up the policy with 24/7 video coverage of O.R.'s. Easy breezy.<br /><br /><br />Patricia L. Hale: Banning technology needed to handle emergency calls, faster access to patient information and other medical needs is not the answer in my opinion...nor is banishing use of useful things because outliers misuse them... Teaching proper behavior and directly monitoring behavior is the answer...physicians and nurses should have reported and intervened on this way before a bad outcome! We work as patient care teams and we need to act like it!!!!!<br /><br />Beverly Heywood Rogers: As Patricia says......in the old days when a surgeon's beeper went off the circulator would answer it to see if there was an emergency. I don't see why the same couldn't pertain for cell phones to screen for emergencies or access needed information. As for anesthesia, I know it's hours of boredom punctuated by moments of terror, but surfing the web? Just, no.Doug, Patricia, Beverlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-21554245226220798372014-04-22T20:07:40.328-04:002014-04-22T20:07:40.328-04:00Maybe we should pay anesthesiologists less than mi...Maybe we should pay anesthesiologists less than minimum wage, if their job is obviously so unimportant they don't have to do it.... Well of course not, but doesn't this kind of disengagement suggest the same? Bad enough to think that healthcare professionals are loath to remember to wash their hands, but this!Susannahnoreply@blogger.com