PROVIDENCE, R.I., Nov. 29 (AP) — The chief of the neurosurgery department at Rhode Island Hospital has stepped aside while officials investigate three incidents in which surgeons operated on the wrong side of a patient’s head.
The chief, Dr. John A. Duncan, will see patients but will not run the department, a spokeswoman for the hospital’s parent company, Lifespan, said Thursday.
Since February, three brain surgeons at the hospital have operated on the wrong side of a patient’s head; the most recent incident was on Friday.
In two cases, the doctors did not realize the errors until after they had opened the skull.
An elderly man died in August a few weeks after a surgeon mistakenly operated on the wrong side of his head.
Dr. David R. Gifford, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, said that an autopsy was pending but that the department believed that the man’s death was not connected to the surgery. In the other two cases, the patients are fine, the department has said.
The hospital was fined $50,000 this week, reprimanded and ordered to make a series of changes that include improved training and additional safeguards.
Rhode Island Hospital is the largest hospital in the state and serves as the teaching hospital for the Alpert Medical School at Brown University.
Author:
JHS1089
Subject: general sonography vs echo
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:54 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 2
I've recently decided to pursue a career in sonography (thanks in part to this forum) and have the option of either a degree in General Gonography or Cardiac Sonography. I'd really like to choose the one that will give me the most options in the future and the ability to perform different procedures. I'll be speaking with the program director (BunkerHill MA) soon but wanted to get answers from those already in the field with real experience first. My questions are.......
Will I be limited to just echocardiograms and sonography concentrated only on the heart if I choose the cardiac sonography degree? Abdominal sonography and neurological sonography seem fascinating.
Is general sonography focused on obstetrics and gynecology most of the time or are there other modalities that GS performs regularly? I'm a male and would have to consider if I felt comfortable doing obgyn related sonography 90% of the time. Not to be lewd, but is there direct to contact with the vaginal area with performing ultrasound? Are males known to be discriminated against in the field?
My sincere thanks, John
Author:
Thunda
Subject: Moving from rad tech to Nuc med,MRI,Son (etc...)
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:49 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 1
Was wondering if anyone knows what the process involves or has any resource I can view that details what is needed to switch from a degree in Rad tech to say, Nuc med, or MRI Tech, sonography.
I've always heard it's such an easy field to move around in, just not how one goes about doing so.
Is it as simple as taking an additional certification class? I've never seen anything offered at the local colleges.
I'm going into Rad tech, and i've always wanted to go into nuc med, but that's a 4 year degree around here anyway and I want to start asap (impatient i know) and want to know if i should suck it up and take a 4 year for nuc med or is it somewhat easy to move around?
Thanks in advance for your imput!
Author:
Alaskan
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:59 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 11
| hjhogle wrote: |
Starting pay in many places in the US is around $20 .. if you plan to stay in AK, of course that's much higher - as in many other professions, the pay is considerably higher there.
And, as with any other profession, entry-level pay is just that. Fresh out of school, no experience - there are $ benefits to learning the art of what we do ... and much of that occurs after graduation.
If you stay away from places like the the biggest cities on the east/west coast, sure .. wages are lower, but so is the cost of living. But I can guarantee you that entry level starting pay anywhere else will not be what it is in AK. You're still looking at below $30/hour.
Good luck
hjh |
True, that sounds reasonable, that is how it works for most jobs. For some reason I thought RT would start out more than that. Maybe if I have two certifications such as RT and BMET ? Does anyone know if that might be possible to wear two hats at the same job like that?
Obtaining a BMET is within my reach much easier than any other allied health job because I already have an associates degree in electronics tech.
Anyone know of someone who is both an RT and some other allied job which isn't imaging? I'm guessing that such an individual would earn more if they could do both.
true? rare? notta?
Author:
sveleda
Subject: Male RTT policy
Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:04 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 0
Anyone out there works at a facility where there is a policy for male RTTs in regards to treating female patients. I would like to have this information because my job is requesting that I come up with a policy for my male rtts.
Thanks