Author: patientsafe@icloud.com
Team Briefings
Human In The Team
Liposuction – Do You Consent?
There is no medical benefit to liposuction and significant risk of harm. The death rate from liposuction, 1 in 5000, is 20 times greater than that of other surgical procedures. Within the past 10 years there have been at least 17 deaths from liposuction within Los Angeles alone. All of them female: […]
Reduce Oxygen – Air Flow Meter Mix Up
Systems Thinking
Breast Implants Cause Cancer
Breast implants increase the incidence of an otherwise rare form of cancer called Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. The cancer is related to bacterial contamination of the implants which are difficult to keep sterile because of their textured nature. The cancer rate may be as high as 1 in 1000 implants. […]
COSMETIC SURGERY KILLS
The margins of safety for administration of sedation and local anaesthesia are very narrow. While the inexperienced may often get away with it, the internet is replete with unnecessary deaths and injury when it doesn’t go right. Patients die from cosmetic surgery in several ways Toxic doses of local anaesthetic […]