Archive for December, 2009
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Wrong-Drug Errors at PA Medical Facilities
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority released a report in its December 2009 Patient Advisory regarding wrong-drug errors of neuromuscular blocking agents at Pennsylvania medical facilities. Patients are administered neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) in emergency departments, intensive care units, interventional radiology areas and medical and surgical units to paralyze skeletal muscles during surgery conducted under general [...]
Philly Man Having Heart Attack Dies Awaiting Treatment in Hospital ER then Robbed by Drug Addicts
A popular Philly local musician and high school counselor went to a hospital emergency room on Saturday complaining of heart attack symptoms. He sat untreated in the waiting room for 80 minutes, where he died and three homeless drug addicts robbed him of his wristwatch. Joaquin Rivera, 63, of Frankford, walked two blocks from his [...]
