#BEBENSVOICE
ON JUNE 4TH 2023, BENNY'S VOICE WAS FOREVER SILENCED AFTER A ROUTINE VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL.
EMS RECORDS SHOW THAT AN ECG/EKG WAS GIVEN TO THE TRIAGE NURSE, UPON ARRIVAL TO THE ED. BENJAMIN'S EKG SHOWED THAT HE WAS IN SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY, FOLLOWING A BRIEF CYCLIC VOMITING EPISODE. BENJAMIN WAS A 9 YEAR OLD WITH ASD WHO REQUIRED CONTINUAL SUPPORT AND ROUND THE CLOCK CARE.
THE NURSE (A NEW HIRE WITH A TEMPORARY RN LICENSE) FAILED TO CHART THE MEDICAL TESTS AND EKG FROM EMS. HIS CONDITION DETERIORATED AND PLEAS FOR MEDICAL INTERVENTION WERE IGNORED BY THE STAFF. DESPITE HIS PULSE RATE BEING IN EXCESS OF 200 BEAT PER MINUTE, BENNY WAS GIVEN ALBUTEROL. THE CHEST X-RAY FOUND THAT HIS LUNGS WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. THIS ACTION WOULD CONTRADICT THE STANDARD MEDICAL PROCEDURE FOR SOMEONE IN SVT. HE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION FOR OVER AN HOUR. HE WAS AGITATED AND TERRIFIED AS HE WAS NON-VERBAL/NON-SPEAKING AUTISTIC. AT NO POINT WAS BENNY TREATED FOR SVT.
BENNY'S MOTHER PLEADED WITH THE MEDICAL TEAM TO ASSIST HER, AS HE BEGAN AGONAL BREATHING AND POSTURING DURING A SEIZURE DUE TO HYPOXIA. THE STAFF DISMISSED HER PLEAS, YET AGAIN. WHILE IN HIS MOTHERS ARM, HIS PUPILS BECAME FIXED AND DILATED. BENNY WENT INTO A 30 MIN CODE FROM CARDIAC ARREST. HE WAS IN ASYSTOLE AND HAD FLAT LINED. IT TOOK THE TEAM MORE THAN 10 MINS TO INTUBATE HIM. IT WAS TOO LATE FOR INTERVENTION, AS THEY HAD MISSED THE CHANCE TO TREAT THE SVT. HIS BRAIN REMAINED WITHOUT OXYGEN FOR MORE THAN 20 MINS.
BEN HAD NO BRAIN ACTIVITY FOR THE 2 DAYS FOLLOWING HIS CODE. HE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE SUFFERED TOTAL BRAIN DEATH AND CATASTROPHIC ORGAN FAILURE, AS A RESULT OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE ED. HIS FAMILY TRIED TO HOLD ON, BUT BENNY FOUGHT THE MACHINES THAT WERE TRYING TO KEEP HIS BODY ALIVE.
ON JUNE 7TH, 2023, BEN WAS TAKEN OFF OF LIFE SUPPORT AND PASSED WITHIN MINS. OUR FAMILY IS FOREVER SHATTERED....
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HIS STORY AND HOW TO ASSIST THE FAMILY, PLEASE VISIT
HTTPS://DONORBOX.ORG/SWEETLAND-FAMILY-SUPPORT
ON JUNE 4TH 2023, BENNY'S VOICE WAS FOREVER SILENCED AFTER A ROUTINE VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL.
EMS RECORDS SHOW THAT AN ECG/EKG WAS GIVEN TO THE TRIAGE NURSE, UPON ARRIVAL TO THE ED. BENJAMIN'S EKG SHOWED THAT HE WAS IN SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY, FOLLOWING A BRIEF CYCLIC VOMITING EPISODE. BENJAMIN WAS A 9 YEAR OLD WITH ASD WHO REQUIRED CONTINUAL SUPPORT AND ROUND THE CLOCK CARE.
THE NURSE (A NEW HIRE WITH A TEMPORARY RN LICENSE) FAILED TO CHART THE MEDICAL TESTS AND EKG FROM EMS. HIS CONDITION DETERIORATED AND PLEAS FOR MEDICAL INTERVENTION WERE IGNORED BY THE STAFF. DESPITE HIS PULSE RATE BEING IN EXCESS OF 200 BEAT PER MINUTE, BENNY WAS GIVEN ALBUTEROL. THE CHEST X-RAY FOUND THAT HIS LUNGS WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. THIS ACTION WOULD CONTRADICT THE STANDARD MEDICAL PROCEDURE FOR SOMEONE IN SVT. HE REMAINED IN THIS CONDITION FOR OVER AN HOUR. HE WAS AGITATED AND TERRIFIED AS HE WAS NON-VERBAL/NON-SPEAKING AUTISTIC. AT NO POINT WAS BENNY TREATED FOR SVT.
BENNY'S MOTHER PLEADED WITH THE MEDICAL TEAM TO ASSIST HER, AS HE BEGAN AGONAL BREATHING AND POSTURING DURING A SEIZURE DUE TO HYPOXIA. THE STAFF DISMISSED HER PLEAS, YET AGAIN. WHILE IN HIS MOTHERS ARM, HIS PUPILS BECAME FIXED AND DILATED. BENNY WENT INTO A 30 MIN CODE FROM CARDIAC ARREST. HE WAS IN ASYSTOLE AND HAD FLAT LINED. IT TOOK THE TEAM MORE THAN 10 MINS TO INTUBATE HIM. IT WAS TOO LATE FOR INTERVENTION, AS THEY HAD MISSED THE CHANCE TO TREAT THE SVT. HIS BRAIN REMAINED WITHOUT OXYGEN FOR MORE THAN 20 MINS.
BEN HAD NO BRAIN ACTIVITY FOR THE 2 DAYS FOLLOWING HIS CODE. HE WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE SUFFERED TOTAL BRAIN DEATH AND CATASTROPHIC ORGAN FAILURE, AS A RESULT OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE ED. HIS FAMILY TRIED TO HOLD ON, BUT BENNY FOUGHT THE MACHINES THAT WERE TRYING TO KEEP HIS BODY ALIVE.
ON JUNE 7TH, 2023, BEN WAS TAKEN OFF OF LIFE SUPPORT AND PASSED WITHIN MINS. OUR FAMILY IS FOREVER SHATTERED....
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HIS STORY AND HOW TO ASSIST THE FAMILY, PLEASE VISIT
HTTPS://DONORBOX.ORG/SWEETLAND-FAMILY-SUPPORT