INTRODUCTION Healthcare organizations accredited by the Joint Commission are required to conduct a root cause analysis (RCA) in response to any sentinel event, such as the one described in the scenario attached below. Once the cause is identified and a plan of action established, it is useful to conduct a failure mode and effects analysis […]
Appendicitis is one of the familiar and commonest emergency surgical conditions among children between age 12 and 18 years. Hockenberry and Wilson (2011, p.1310) specified that “Appendicitis is the inflammation of the vermiform appendix (blind sac at the end of the cecum)”. In this paper, the main focus is to compare and contrast the management […]
“Time to scrub in,” says Dr. Hodges. The appendectomy you are about to observe is your second surgical case in surgical technician school. The patient, David Sims, is an 18- year-old male who was healthy until two days ago when he began having severe abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting resulting in a diagnosis of appendicitis. […]
