Posted by Lindsay Rae on February 7, 2004, at 21:55:45
In reply to Re: Testimony of an RN named Kim Ann, posted by MMT's Daughter on February 6, 2004, at 22:05:30
> If you don't mind, I'm going to copy your post onto the We Speak Methadone board, an official NAMA site, and the Watchdog board for Methadone fair treatment acts. What happened to your father was indeed malpractice to say the very least.
My fiance, the father of my 16 month old princess, was on MMT for years, but he detoxed involuntarily in jail and went right back to using dope when he got out, as his father wouldn't allow him to go back to Methadone. Last November, he got a hold of some Methadone, but instead of taking a normal dose to stay well, he took quite a bit more along with some Xanax. In his case, Narcan would have saved his life, although it would have been unpleasant. He passed away at age twenty seven.
When your father collapsed, and your mother told the paramedics he had taken Methadone, they might have assumed that he had overdosed on Methadone and introduced the Narcan to counteract the supposed overdose. As a Methadone patient receiving daily doses, Narcan is the LAST thing he should have been exposed to. What they did was put him through UROD without his consent, and that is grounds for a lawsuit in my opinion. I am going to see what kind of help is available to you.
Sincerely,,,,
Lindsay
*Possible cover up by many it feels*
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> December 30th my father colapsed out in his driveway.. reports from accross the street indicated that He got out of his truck and collapsed.The neighbor then called 911. When the ambulance arrived as well as the police officer they knocked on my father's door, my mother came to the door and was asked to come outside. When she was taken to my father the paramedics where taking his vital signs he was unconcious. The paramedic asked my mother about the methadone bottle that they had found in his truck... He was on take outs.** and my mother stated that he was a methadone patient, and they said he had OD'd on something... When we arrived at the hospital we found out they had given him Narcan... a big no no...stated he had cocaine in his blood test as well as anti depressents. Hours later he was having Grandma seizures, later finding out he had seized in the ambulance. )Now the paramedics knew He was a MMT)... why would they give Him narcan? He ended up in a state of coma, and in the End on Jan 2 2004 we had to pull the plug. The meds that they adminitered in the ICU deteriorated most of his organs and the seizures that He got was said what made it impossible for him to live. As well he had a record breaking fever of 109.6 the highest that nurse in twenty years serving in that hospital ever saw. He seized all night and I had to send my family away. The proccess of what happened to his body had grown unbearable for them... and him ever coming out of what happened was impossible...I ask how they can do this and get away with it? My family has been torn and still to this very day is fighting for any justice at all possible... we dont know the steps to take to actually do anything about this....I pray that in this post You find a way to get an arm band alert or a card that specifically states you cannot have narcan... for this is the only thing stopping us from a lawsuit.. what of my mother telling them he was a methadone patient you may ask? Well they say there was no info given. That alone as well as a few other things in this case that speciffically make us feel it is a cover up of sorts. Accident? We don't think so. That my friends is how they treat those that are only *different* I'm afriad dont let yourself fall victim.. no matter the social cost..
poster:Lindsay Rae
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