A FORMER nurse died as a result of complications after she accidentally took a large quantity ofparacetamol tablets while suffering with sepsis. The Isle of Wight Coroner's Court heard how Mair Phillips, 87, had been suffering with a septic toe. During her illness, her son-in-law brought her a pack ofparacetamol, only to be horrified later in the day when she called him asking for more as she had finished the packet Continue reading →

About Virginia Mason Health System Virginia Mason, founded in 1920, is a nonprofit regional health care system based in Seattle that serves the Pacific Northwest. In the Puget Sound region, the system includes 336-bed Virginia Mason Hospital; a primary and specialty care group practice of more than 500 physicians; regional medical centers in Seattle, Bainbridge Island, Bellevue, Federal Way, Kirkland, Issaquah and Lynnwood; Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the U.S. designed and built specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS; Benaroya Research Institute, which is internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, which trains health care professionals and others from around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative management methodology for continually improving quality, safety and efficiency Continue reading →

Cardiac Holter Monitoris a portable battery operated device that records and measures a persons heart activity (ECG) continuously at a stretch for 24 hours to 48 hours or even for a longer period depending on the type of monitoring used. The device has wires with silver dollar-sized electrodes that attach to the skin of a person. Continue reading →

At least 40 inmates have died at Santa Rita Jail since Jan. 1, 2014. Here are photographs of 11 of those inmates Continue reading →