Working in risk and Quality in a hospital for over 10 years, yes mistakes are made every day thousands of people die in great hospitals because of human error. No, they are not bad nurses or doctors but many times understaffed and you can not plan for how many patients you will get in any given day. But they are trained to check once -- then look at the order again and then once more before giving any med. But in a life or death situation they do the best they can. I have seen many a doctor break down and bawl because a mistake was made and a life was lost. But would it be better to not have medical care? No and we worked so hard in quality that anytime an error was made to make sure it never happened again and to share with other hospitals, I saw so many wonderful changes and was lucky to be a part of a team that helped develop them. No normal human wants to hurt another living life. People in health care are drawn to it because we are usually co-dependents and have a deep desire to serve and help others. Nancy and the girls
--- On Mon, 11/8/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Update on Paco To: [email protected] Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 7:19 AM The last time I went to get the heartguard my vet accidentally gave me one for a much bigger dog. Actually it wasn't the vet that made the mistake it was the girl at the front desk. Luckily I noticed it when I got in the car and went back in and she felt so bad about it and what had happened was the computer had opened the wrong dogs info and she didn't notice. So yeah, everyone makes mistakes at some point and I would take what the vet gave you back and ask about it. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Jacqueline Crawley-Ewing <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 06:41:38 -0800 (PST) To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: Update on Paco Mistakes can happen - if in doubt go back to the Vet & ask again. I used to have a job that required meticulous detail and try as I might I would make the odd mistake. It is hopefully caught by others being diligent - we all have to be aware. I recommend you ask them again & if they slipped up they can fix it - not you. From: mrs. nava <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, November 7, 2010 11:34:45 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Update on Paco Ok to let everyone know, Paco was tested for heartworms before he left the shelter, and then when we went to the vet the vet gave us the preventative medicine. Its called Interceptor. But the issue is he gave it for puppies and on top of that it was for dogs weighing 11-25 lbs. Paco is 1 year and a couple of weeks old and he weights like 10 lbs. I was told by another vet not to give him the preventative heartworm medicine. Which my husband found weird, because isn't it supposed to prevent him from getting heartworms. I don't know, I don't understand why she wouldn't recommend us giving him preventative heartworm medicine. --- In [email protected], Nancy Lucky <nancy.lu...@...> wrote: > > I am sorry, I misunderstood the email. Thanks for updating me as I would > never want to give out false info on giving any dog a preventive med. > Nancy > > > > --- On Sat, 11/6/10, dasha <dash...@...> wrote: > > > From: dasha <dash...@...> > Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Update on Paco > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 4:52 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know. That is just what I said. It looks like you were replying to my > answer which was basically the same as yours. No one on this list crops post > so it causes a lot of confusion sometimes. I was asking if that was why the > vet said NOT to get the preventive, if that was the case why didn't this new > vet go ahead and test the dog? > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Nancy Lucky > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 7:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Update on Paco > > > > > > > > You never give a dog heart worm medication unless they have been tested and > it is positive. It is a very toxix poison. That was the craziest think I have > ever heard of and just think if you did not research it - you could of killed > your baby all on the advice of the Vet. > Nancy > > > > --- On Fri, 11/5/10, dasha <dash...@...> wrote: > > > From: dasha <dash...@...> > Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Update on Paco > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, November 5, 2010, 4:00 PM > > > we not even give him the heartworm prevention medicine, because she's had > cases were the dog has gotten sick any way after taking the heartworm > medicine to prevent the heart worms. > > =================================== > > This is mostly I think if he has not been tested. If you give heartworm meds > to a dog that has heartworms then that will make them sick. I don't > understand why a vet would not recommend any heartworm preventive for a dog. > > Sheila > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! > Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links >
