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Apply the Joint Commission’s definition of sentinel event to determine if the following are sentinel events or not. 1. Baby boy Brown is discharged to the Carmichael family. 2. Mrs. Richards has extensive cardiac damage from several myocardial infarctions, along with multiple comorbid conditions, and dies during cardiac bypass surgery. 3. Patient Smith leaves the emergency department against medical advice. 4. Patient Thomas leaves the emergency department against medical advice and two days later commits suicide. 5. Mr. Johnson comes to ER with abdominal pain two days after inguinal hernia surgery. A CT scan indicates there is a hemostat in the abdominal area of the surgery.
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Competency V.2 Apply the Joint Commission’s definition of sentinel event to determine if the following are sentinel
events or not. 1. Baby boy Brown is discharged to the Carmichael family. 2. Mrs. Richards has extensive cardiac
damage from several myocardial infarctions, along with multiple comorbid conditions, and dies during c… Show more
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