2008
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181609531
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Car Accidents After Ambulatory Surgery in Patients Without an Escort

Abstract: Occasionally, ambulatory surgical patients present without an escort for their procedure. This creates a dilemma for caregivers, and allowing patients to drive may have an impact on their safety. The Canadian Medical Protective Association is a mutual defense organization for 95% of Canadian physicians. The national database is a unique and extensive repository of medico-legal data. We scanned this database for malpractice patients who were discharged after an ambulatory surgery procedure and allowed to drive … Show more

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“…However, while inpatients receive professional care in the hospital, day surgery patients are advised and expected to have a physically able adult who can care for them for 24 hours after discharge. The patient and/or caregiver is presumed to be responsible for care, including pain relief [16]. Furthermore, this 24-hour period is not necessarily sufficient, due to difficulties in managing pain at home [17].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, while inpatients receive professional care in the hospital, day surgery patients are advised and expected to have a physically able adult who can care for them for 24 hours after discharge. The patient and/or caregiver is presumed to be responsible for care, including pain relief [16]. Furthermore, this 24-hour period is not necessarily sufficient, due to difficulties in managing pain at home [17].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Czasami, ze względów prawnych, powraca się jednak do sformalizowanych testów oceny pacjenta, do których należą punktowe skale oceny gotowości pacjenta do opuszczenia placówki (np. skala Aldretta lub PADS [Post-Anesthesia Discharge Scoring System]) [5,7,[42][43][44][45][46]. Ich stosowanie nie zwalnia lekarza z oceny klinicznej chorego.…”
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“…Chung and Assmann reported on two incidents where patients who had received procedures with local anesthesia and very minimal amounts of sedation were discharged without escorts and were involved in significantly injurious motor vehicle accidents when driving away from the surgical facilities. 31 In one of the claims, the anesthesiologist was found to be negligent for administering sedation in the knowledge that the patient did not have an escort, and in the other both the gynecologist and preoperative nurse were found to be negligent for allowing the procedure to be completed and the patient discharged without an escort. These incidents appear to corroborate information indicating that patients have a significant degree of impairment after receiving even short-acting general anesthetics and minimal doses of sedating medications.…”
Section: Lessons Learned From Closed Claims Analysis Mandatory Repormentioning
confidence: 99%