Care for my mother has been very challenging at this location on multiple occasions. Earlier this year, her care during the admission was terrible on 4th floor and 2 East. The nurses pulled my mother's shoulder incorrectly two times during the same admission, which continues to have a negative impact on her months later. During the same admission, the nurse stated my mother was doing well and stable, but my mother was lethargic and not responding. The manager, Kim on the 4th floor came to talk to the family regarding the neglected care from the nurse and called a code almost immediately because my mother was lethargic, oxygen was low, and she was retaining C02, which acts as poison in the human body. My mom was transferred to SDU for closer care. Kim stated she will follow up and get back to family once the negligence has been investigated. Months later, she has not called or provided an update on the situation. The nurse's name and care summary she wrote in my mother's file has been removed and updated with Kim's notes. This occurred a few weeks later after my sibling talked to a KP staff member who called for recognition and review on google. She was informed of the negligence.
On my mother's current admission, during physical therapy session last week, therapist, Matthew and Esther were working with my mother. She had not had PT for 4 to 5 days and they made her stand and she fell. My mother's oxygen dropped and she has been in more pain ever since the fall. Since Matthew and Esther were new in taking care of my mother's case, we tried to share information on her mobility, but their response was we read her file.
Last Thursday, Dr. Brian Park handed my mother's care over to another doctor. Dr. Park had worked with our family to move my mother's health forward, getting her ready for discharge in a few days. After having a busy, but good day of making progress and visiting with family, my mother took a late nap. In the early night, she was in a deep sleep and would not wake up. The new caring team panicked and intubated her even though her vitals were fine. A family member, who knows my mom's health tried to explain to the team that she is sleep deprived and this situation has happened before. Unfortunately, the Respiratory Therapist, Jessica and doctor, Joseph De La Merced did not collaborate with the family to fully understand my mother's health and hear the concerns. Joseph showed up to the patient room, talked to team and decided my mother needed to be intubated, again without fully reviewing her chart to understand her health or having a conversation with the family to understand her health. Jessica insisted that my mother needed to be intubated and the doctor seemed to listen to her. One reason they were in such a rush to intubate was to run a CT Scan, which the care team found out after was booked up, with a wait and only one machine available. They waited over 2 hours to run a CT Scan but were in a rush to intubate her.
Immediately after the intubation procedure, Joseph went home so I was unable to get more information. I asked Jessica what led them to intubate my mother, she got overly excited and raised her voice at me, instead of answering the questions. Individuals in the medical field are responders, but in this situation, Jessica and Joseph De La Merced are medical reactors.
While in the Critical Care Unit, Mihwa Pak was doctor on call. When my family member updated Mihwa Pak about the intubation, she laughed. I asked the doctor why would you laugh if my mother is in CCU, intubated, and on a ventilator.
Fast forward to today, my mom's health has declined since this unnecessary intubation. All tests came back negative. Intubation was unnecessary.
This intubation was a poor decision, several staff that work at this hospital who have provided care for my mother during this admission shared that this intubation should not have occurred and the clinicians acknowledge it. read more