Silent Killer: The Josie King Story
The silent killer is a one of the programs broadcasted by PBS in a Remaking American Medicine series. The goal with the series is to inspire and empower the viewers off all walks of life. The stories are told through the eyes of healthcare providers, patients, their loved ones. The silent killer is about the mistakes of health care providers at some of the most prestigious hospitals in the world. Did you know that every year at least 98,00 Americans die, while countless others are injured as a result of medical errors?
The silent killer program begins with Sorrel King, whose 18-month old daughter died from dehydration at John Hopkins Hospital. In 2001, Josie King wandered away from her parents, crawled into a bathtub at home, turned on the hot water and was seriously burned. After nearly two weeks of being nursed back to health in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Josie was well enough to transfer to a step-down unit in preparation for going home. Her central line that delivered nutrition and fluids was removed. That’s when Sorrel began noticing something wrong. Her daughter seemed extremely thirsty all the time and Josie’s weight suddenly dropped. But when Sorrel …show more content…
During this visit I was escourted into the room and I was told the doctor would be in shortly. About three minutes later the doctor walks in, she begins to ask me what was my reason for my visit today so I started to tell her that my appetite was decreasing every day and I was losing weight. The doctor suggested that she write me a prescription for medication that would increase my appetite and I agreed. At this point the doctor states she would be right back with my prescription. While I’m waiting a nurse walks in with a needle in her hand and states “that doctor wanted me to be given an injection,” and I begin to tell her that me and the doctor never discussed getting an
The silent killer is a one of the programs broadcasted by PBS in a Remaking American Medicine series. The goal with the series is to inspire and empower the viewers off all walks of life. The stories are told through the eyes of healthcare providers, patients, their loved ones. The silent killer is about the mistakes of health care providers at some of the most prestigious hospitals in the world. Did you know that every year at least 98,00 Americans die, while countless others are injured as a result of medical errors?
The silent killer program begins with Sorrel King, whose 18-month old daughter died from dehydration at John Hopkins Hospital. In 2001, Josie King wandered away from her parents, crawled into a bathtub at home, turned on the hot water and was seriously burned. After nearly two weeks of being nursed back to health in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Josie was well enough to transfer to a step-down unit in preparation for going home. Her central line that delivered nutrition and fluids was removed. That’s when Sorrel began noticing something wrong. Her daughter seemed extremely thirsty all the time and Josie’s weight suddenly dropped. But when Sorrel …show more content…
During this visit I was escourted into the room and I was told the doctor would be in shortly. About three minutes later the doctor walks in, she begins to ask me what was my reason for my visit today so I started to tell her that my appetite was decreasing every day and I was losing weight. The doctor suggested that she write me a prescription for medication that would increase my appetite and I agreed. At this point the doctor states she would be right back with my prescription. While I’m waiting a nurse walks in with a needle in her hand and states “that doctor wanted me to be given an injection,” and I begin to tell her that me and the doctor never discussed getting an