Support for “second victims”
2015; Oxford University Press; Volume: 72; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2146/ajhp150131
ISSN1535-2900
Autores Tópico(s)Torture, Ethics, and Law
ResumoA split second is all it takes to change your life—or someone else’s—forever. I know: My split second came when I dispensed an overdose of potassium to a two-year-old girl. The code team worked on her unsuccessfully for over two hours, knowing their attempts were futile but unwilling to give up. When she died cradled in her mother’s arms that day, she became the first victim; I became the second. “Second victims” are healthcare providers involved in an unanticipated, adverse patient-related event that is traumatizing to the provider. As described in an article (see page 563 in this issue of the Journal) by Krzan et al.,1 second victims are largely left to deal with the aftermath of traumatizing events on their own. Few organizations have formal programs for helping second victims such as that created at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (the Ohio institution whose program was the focus of the article).
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