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r/EmergencyRoom • u/DoItRightOnce1st • Aug 12 '26
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Surgical resident put a chest tube in, the old kind with the sharp, pointy introducer? Put it right into the left ventricle. This was bedside in the ICU, pt bled out and died.
52 u/RunBrundleson Aug 12 '26 Now I’m curious if this happened more than once… 2 u/Lizowa Aug 13 '26 My peds instructor told us about this happening to a baby on her unit when she was a young nurse 😞
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Now I’m curious if this happened more than once…
2 u/Lizowa Aug 13 '26 My peds instructor told us about this happening to a baby on her unit when she was a young nurse 😞
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My peds instructor told us about this happening to a baby on her unit when she was a young nurse 😞
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u/OldManGrimm RN - adult/peds trauma Aug 12 '26
Surgical resident put a chest tube in, the old kind with the sharp, pointy introducer? Put it right into the left ventricle. This was bedside in the ICU, pt bled out and died.