A 26-year-old dental student in Connecticut died in an intensive care unit that was overseen by a remote "tele-health" doctor who pronounced him dead on a video screen, a lawsuit says.
Non contemporus notes don’t really matter (ICU nurse isn’t going to write a note while they’re peeling this guy off the ceiling) and I’m not familiar with ICU level withdrawal care but I doubt CIWA is helpful in someone like this who’s in full blown withdrawal already and going brady with current interventions. CIWA is good for preventing him from getting where he already obviously was.
Non contemporus notes don’t really matter (ICU nurse isn’t going to write a note while they’re peeling this guy off the ceiling) and I’m not familiar with ICU level withdrawal care but I doubt CIWA is helpful in someone like this who’s in full blown withdrawal already and going brady with current interventions. CIWA is good for preventing him from getting where he already obviously was.
What does “peeling this guy off the ceiling” mean in this context?
Before he started precedex he would’ve been essentially highly anxious and fighting everybody. When he wasn’t having seizures that is.