Safety and Quality in Healthcare

Assignment 1 – Critical analysis of a Clinical Scenario (1,500 words)
An ambulance was dispatched to attend a 55 year-old patient with heart failure in the
community. While treating this patient, a paramedic mistakenly pushes 4 milligrams
of intravenous norepinephrine instead of the intended lookalike vial of 1 milligram of
bumetanide (Bumex®). The patient immediately develops a supraventricular
tachycardia, becomes hypertensive, and deteriorates into ventricular fibrillation.
Resuscitative efforts are unsuccessful; the patient is pronounced dead on arrival at
the ED.
 Identify and outline the errors made by the paramedic in this clinical scenario.
 Analyse the contributing factors to human and system errors and apply your
findings to this case.
 Explain the actions you would recommend to improve patient safety and
prevent a similar error by another paramedic.

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