TodayGod'sGift

I have to tell my story of administration of Dobutamine drip outside the cardiac unit setting.... I work for Hospice and we had a physician who wanted us to administer it in the home as the patient was beyond tolerating the ride to the center in the ambulance to recieve the drug at the cardiac clinic.... Reluctantly, and with lots of conversations with my administrator and our attorney, I administered the drug... after having the family sign their life away to prevent a lawsuit... Anyway, to make a long story short... I administered the drug... Left the home 30 minutes after the drug was through infusing and verifying that his vitals were WNL..... the patient died 10 minutes after I left..... Based on this patient's general overall instability, I feel it was just this person's time to go... however, I will always wonder... That's not to say I wouldn't give it again, because I would... I will just always wonder if the cardiac lab could have picked up on something that I didn't...