Telehealth nurse missed red flags in elderly woman’s call: HDC

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Telehealth nurse missed red flags in elderly woman’s call: HDC

Patrice
Dougan
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A telehealth nurse breached the code by failing to call an ambulance for a woman who had been vomiting for three days [Image: Chainarong Prasertthai on iStock]

An elderly woman died after a telehealth nurse failed to recognise critical symptoms during an overnight call. Patrice Dougan reports on the HDC’s decision

In a nutshell A woman in her 70s died after a telehealth nurse failed to recognise warning signs and advised her to wait to see her GP instead o, News Red w/ Pale