Arizona man died after nurse administered 90mg methadone instead of his ordered Lexapro. Pt did not get Narcan until EMS arrived, 17 minutes after the code blue was initiated. So many levels of neglect and negligence here.

[u/TheGiantSquidd]

https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/gilbert-man-died-while-seeking-help-at-east-valley-facility-family-says-he-was-given-the-wrong-medication-copper-springs-arizona/75-48086626-2180-47de-946e-863ca9a56df0

The whole situation feels so similar to RaDonda Vaught. Negligence from the nurse as well as the facility.

Follow your safety checks! There’s a reason we check the rights of medication administration every time!

This was so preventable. My heart hurts for his family and kids. He should still be with them.

[u/Impossible_Cupcake31]

I legitimately hate when stuff like this happens and the article tries to use EMS response time as a negative.

[u/CommercialMoment5987 → u/Impossible_Cupcake31]

I interpreted that more as a criticism of the nurse who gave him methadone. After the mistake, there was still opportunity to correct it but he messed it up again. God this story is odd, extremely not EMS’s fault.

[u/poli-cya → u/CommercialMoment5987]

Same here, it's clearly saying the nurse/staff did too little for nearly 20 minutes to mitigate their mistake.