Yesterday a family friend shared an ICU story that made my jaw just about hit the floor. She's been working in ICUs for a long time and is the most unassuming, intelligent and friendly person you could meet - the kind that I'd want taking care of my loved ones. At her hospital, if there is a patient in the ICU they need to have two ICU nurses for that patient - just in case a code happens. For some reason, two bosses above her didn't think it was necessary that day and wanted a nurse from a different area to cover because of "dire circumstances". *jaw hitting floor #1* First off - that leader, either ignorantly or arrogantly, nearly put patient safety at risk with that decision. Unsurprising to me though was that our friend gently pushed back and eventually found a second ICU nurse even though she wouldn't be one of the nurses working that part of the hospital that day. You know what happened that shift? A code. You know what was called instead? A rapid. *jaw hitting floor #2* My ICU nurse friend said, "even though a rapid was called, people did not know the protocol for a code and definitely didn't know where things were in the cart. I wish we had your app in our hospital." If hospital staff continue to have limited to no exposure with medical carts outside of true emergencies, I'm sorry to say that these kind of stories won't go away.
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