What happened to Josie at John Hopkins?
Description: In 2001, 18-month-old Josie King died of dehydration and a wrongly-administered narcotic at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her mother, Sorrel King, tells the story and explains how Josie’s death spurred her to work on improving patient safety in hospitals everywhere.
Was Josie’s death preventable?
Within weeks, she was acting like her old self. But then she developed a central line-associated bloodstream infection—an infection today known to be preventable. The infection ultimately led to septic shock, and Josie King died on Feb. 22.
What is the Josie King Patient Safety Program?
About Josie King Foundation The Josie King Foundation’s mission is to prevent patients from dying or being harmed by medical errors. By uniting healthcare providers and consumers, and funding innovative safety programs, we hope to create a culture of patient safety, together.
What is a condition C in a hospital?
Calls are termed condition A (cardiac or respiratory arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR]) or condition C (crisis). Many hospitals have separate and distinct CPR (condition A) and rapid response (condition C) teams.
What is the story of Josie’s story?
Josie’s Story. By Sorrel King. After Sorrel King’s 18-month-old daughter, Josie, was admitted to world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore with a severe burn, the young girl made a remarkable recovery. The King family was planning a homecoming.
What inspired Josie King to work on improving patient safety?
Her mother, Sorrel King, tells the story and explains how Josie’s death spurred her to work on improving patient safety in hospitals everywhere. [This is an excerpt from a speech given at IHI’s National Forum in 2002.
What happened to Josie King?
After Sorrel King’s 18-month-old daughter, Josie, was admitted to world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore with a severe burn, the young girl made a remarkable recovery. The King family was planning a homecoming. But a preventable mistake by the hospital caused Josie to go into cardiac arrest and die.
Did Josie have to die?
Josie did not have to die. Factors that contributed to her death were the nurses did not listen to the mother, the nurses didn’t assess the patient past the vitals, nor did they notice that the patient was so dehydrated. We absolutely must listen to parents and to the loved ones who know the patient best.