100,000 Patients A Year Are Killed By Lack Of Ambu Access

Michael Jackson is dead. In a follow up post I discussed the dangers of IV narcotics, praised nurses for preventing more deaths than I would expect with its use, discussed my own experience with the dangers of IV narcotics, and reported on my nurse coordinator's suspicion that MJ died at the hands of fibromyalgia.

In a follow up post, after an N=12 trial at Happy's hospital, I discussed the lack of critical access to life saving Ambu bags in patient rooms. I suggested that having Ambu bags in every room was not a standard practice in hospitals all across this bankrupt country of ours. The response has been overwhelmingly one of concern for the safety of patients at Happy's hospital. Concern that life saving access to Ambu bags is being compromised in favor of profit.

I took these concerns to heart. I spent all day yesterday researching outcomes data as it relates to having Ambu bags in patient rooms. What I found was shocking (like Dateline shocking). I am now a converted believer. I want to thank all my readers for my new crusade in life.

What I found was unacceptable in the magic of American health care. Study after study points to an epidemic of hospital acquired Ambu death. The literature suggested 125 randomized controlled trials comparing Ambu bags in the mop closet vs Ambu bags in every patient room. A meta-analysis of all trials, suggested that 100,000 hospitalized patients a year are dying due to lack of Ambu access.

Starting monday, I will be contacting all appropriate government agencies and major news organizations to let them know of this hospital crises sweeping America. And I will be starting my own organization, paid for with Ambu advertising, to push for a national quality initiative to put Ambus in every patient room in America.

And I shall call it Happy's Attempt At Helping Ambu Access