How did the final count of patient deaths at Memorial Hospital compare to other health care facilities?
The final count of the patients that died at Memorial Hospital were 45. Higher than the surrounding facilities.
What would Tenet have to show to demonstrate no wrongdoing with regard to patient deaths?
Tenet with have to show that the hospital was following the crisis plan, and proof that the deaths was not on the hands of Memorial.
How were families informed about the deaths of their loved ones by Tenet? What happened to the patients evacuated by Tenet busses and helicopters?
Family were informed about the deaths of their loved ones by Tenet over the phone almost two weeks later. The patients evacuated by Tenet busses and helicopters were brought to other health care facilities for shelter, food and resources.
What do the investigators learn from family members of the deceased? From the autopsy? Why is midazolam so important to this case? Morphine?
The family members of the deceased stated that their family members seemed to be stable the last time they saw them. Most of the patients were not prescribed midazolam or morphine but the autopsy showed evidence of the administration.
Discuss Butch Schafer’s mantra, “Don’t. Get. Emotionally. Involved” (265), taking into consideration his personal situation.
Butch Schafers was his motto to get through the challenges that he face with the hurricane or those difficult decisions he had to make during the crisis.