The power of Elaine's story: a personal reflection.
There will be few perioperative students (nursing, ODP) or surgical and anaesthetic trainees, who will not have heard of the tragic case of Mrs Elaine Bromiley. A 37 year old mother of two, admitted for an elective endoscopic sinus surgery and septoplasty, Elaine suffered major complications during the induction of general anaesthesia that resulted in her death due to hypoxic brain damage (Harmer 2005).
Jaroslav
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Kamensky
D058109:Airway Management; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000776:Anesthesiology; D001364:Awareness; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D019300:Medical Errors; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D063545:Personal Narratives as Topic; D011997:Recovery Room