[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.”

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I need more facepalm images.

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[max americana]

Did the nurse major in Nursing’ or Barista?

[a fool in paradise]

Man gets a coffee enema and says “OOOOH!”

The nurse asks, “Too hot?”

“No, too sweet.”

[Cementjungle]

I have to confess... this is the first time I’ve ever heard of something like this happening.

[LukeL]

To any doctor or nurse out there. Is there any reason to do a feeding via a drip instead of a quick infusion? Second would any modern medical society order coffee w/milk for NG feeding?

[Army Air Corps]

I enjoy coffee as much as the next guy, but this a bit much.

[GeronL]

and what is the punishment in Brazil for rampant stupidity?

[Michael.SF.]

She opened her mouth, and this youngster put coffee with milk into (her) veins

I hate it when that happens.

[Cementjungle]

and what is the punishment in Brazil for rampant stupidity?

They give them a one-way ticket to the USA to live their life as a Democrat.

[Vendome]

Burn in hell

[Tramonto]

You got to go light on the half & half when you take it intravenously.

[DeFault User]

This may become the new Juan Valdez treatment prescribed under Medicare if you need an IV and you're past 80.

Don't worry, Grandma, it ain't cocaine.

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Let me be the first to blame...

...Darksheare!

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That makes two of us.

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Election to public office, just like here.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Yup! Everyone should be given the opportunity to go to college. ROTL!!! We all should be brain surgeons too!

[LibertyRocks]

Excuse me, WHAT???? Why would they even PUT cafe au lait in a FEEDING tube in the first place? And these people are blaming lack of education? How about lack of a speck of intelligence? Where do these people come from, and how do they survive to adulthood? Darwin is so obviously wrong... lol

[GeronL]

lol. plausible

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My mother's brother was an MD. He and my aunt served Thanksgiving dinner the year I was six. He crossed the swelling tide two years later.

He said two things at this dinner I have never forgotten. Pertinent to this thread he said that rattle snake venom could be ingested without life threatening consequences yet if milk were to be injected into a vein then the owner of that vein would die.

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.