Investigation underway into why 'wardie' assisted in resuscitation at Ipswich Hospital

Kerrie Freeman said there was no indication any action by staff contributed to the patient's death, but a doctor or a nurse should have assisted the resuscitation rather than the orderly."When we do have incidents like this in the emergency department, everyone has a part to play and that includes our operational staff or what might be called a 'wardie'," she said.

She said "bystander CPR" training was offered to all staff, but it was unclear whether this particular staff member was trained. "As of Friday or recently, we haven't had any notifications from staff that they have concerns, but what we will do — as part of the health service investigation — we will look at those contextual issues to make sure staffing wasn't an issue."What I do know from the clinical team is that we had adequate staffing, particularly in the resuscitation area of the emergency department.

I think you'll find this happens in almost every hospital in the country. Orderlies trained to provide CPR and free up doctors and nurses to do other tasks in the resuscitation. They are often the people who do CPR the most and so are often the best at it.

love the hospital boss saying 'if our staff are overworked, they can fill out a form to say so'. Because what an overworked person has lots of time for is paperwork.

But sure, investigate away

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that it was an emergency situation. I highly doubt that a trained medical professional stood back and said 'Hey Robbo! How about you give this one a go?'

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