13 Mar 2013

DANGER of NURSE TELEPHONE DIAGNOSIS

From UK DAILY MAIL

 Man, 20, dies from swine flu and pneumonia after NHS Direct nurse told him to go to the chemist rather than A&E

  • Unnamed patient called hotline due to diarrhoea and vomiting, chesty cough and discoloured mucous
  • Senior nurse who spoke to him ignored the computer's advice about going to A&E and sent him to chemist
  • Patient died the next day after being rushed to hospital
By Anna Hodgekiss
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A 20-year-old man died from swine flu and pneumonia after a senior nurse at NHS Direct told him to go to the chemist instead of A&E.
The unnamed man, known only as Patient A, had called the hotline twice in two days complaining of diarrhoea and vomiting for six days. He also described a chesty cough and discoloured mucous.
But rather than following the advice on the computer, which said the man should go to A&E, Fadzai Jaravaza, a senior nurse advisor for NHS Direct Essex, instead told the caller to get cough syrup from the chemist and treat himself.

(COMMENT:Clinical Diagnosis depends on ALL SENSES.. Telephone Diagnosis by a Nurse is dangerous.)

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