[S]tudent nurse who mistakenly injected coffee into veins of patient says 'anyone can get confused'

NY Daily News ^ | October 23, 2012 | Lee Moran

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A student nurse who mistakenly injected coffee into the veins of an 80-year-old patient who died hours later has defended herself by saying "anyone can get confused."

Rejane Moreira Telles, 23, said she had just three days of work experience in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, clinic when she mixed up administering a drip to Palmerina Pires Ribeiro.

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But she added: "As they [the feed and blood drips] were next to each other, anyone can get confused. I injected the coffee and I put it in the wrong place."

Telles, who has been indicted for involuntary manslaughter alongside two nurses and another student, also revealed they had not been trained for that kind of procedure.

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Doctors contacted by TV Globo's Fantastico said that the milky coffee would have gone directly to the patient’s heart and lungs.

Dr. Armando Carreir, a nutritional specialist at the Federal University of Fluminens' Hospital Antonio Pedro, said 'It would have been as if the patient was suffocating.'

The victim's daughter, Loreni Ribeiro, said “I saw my mother was agitated. She opened her mouth, and this youngster put coffee with milk into (her) veins.”

[Moltke]

Cue the hospital scene from Catch 22.

[zeugma]

That's what he said. I don't even know if it's true at all. If you're planning to drink venom or inject milk please seek the guidance of a medical professional before you do.

I would imagine that the milk congeals in the bloodstream and will cause a blockage.

My regular IV is strictly coffee. No milk/sugar or other adulterants. Sometimes the blood level in my caffeine stream gets a little high, and I have to get more coffee.

[zeugma]

That's what he said. I don't even know if it's true at all. If you're planning to drink venom or inject milk please seek the guidance of a medical professional before you do.

I would imagine that the milk congeals in the bloodstream and will cause a blockage.

My regular IV is strictly coffee. No milk/sugar or other adulterants. Sometimes the blood level in my caffeine stream gets a little high, and I have to get more coffee.

[americas.best.days...]

Memories. When i was a student nurse,I had a patient that
was ordered 2 cans of Budweiser thru his G-tube(tube in abd-
domen,directly to stomach) at 2100.

Ironically, we give pure caffeine to infants via their iv’s.
It helps control apnea of prematurity till they grow out of
it(periods of no breathing,causing their heart rate to slow
down).

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Long term low level alchy who rested better with a few in him?

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Good question.

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Good...and disturbing...catch!