Surgery sans drugs? Victim allegedly told to 'man up'
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Man felt 'very long needles going through my skin and down into my kidney,' complaint says.
MINNEAPOLIS — A nurse who was supposed to sedate a patient before surgery instead took most of the painkillers for herself and told the patient to "man up" — giving him such a small dose of medication that he was writhing in pain on the operating table, according to criminal charges.
Sarah May Casareto, 33, was charged Wednesday with one count of theft of a controlled substance, a felony. She allegedly told officers she was addicted to pain medications.
According to the complaint, a man, identified only by his initials, went to Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis on Nov. 8 to have kidney stones surgically removed. Part of the procedure involves inserting a tube into the patient's back and down into the kidney.
Before the surgery, a doctor told the patient he wouldn't feel pain. Patients are normally heavily sedated or asleep during the procedure.
But Casareto, a nurse anesthetist, allegedly told the man "you're gonna have to man up here and take some of the pain because we can't give you a lot of medication," the complaint said.
During surgery, the patient told doctors he was experiencing the worst pain, describing the feeling as "very long needles going through my skin and down into my kidney," the complaint said. The patient said he could feel someone holding him down, and heard one person ask about using restraints.
Meanwhile, hospital staff told police Casareto was distracted and disoriented, kept falling asleep, and was gesturing and talking loudly.
One hospital technician told police the patient was screaming and moaning, and Casareto told him to "go to your beach . . . go to your happy place," the complaint said.
After the procedure, the technician found two syringes, with labels missing, in Casareto's pocket. A review of medial documents showed the patient only received about one-third of the Fentanyl he was supposed to get, while some of the drug was missing, the complaint said.
Hospital officials later found four empty syringes in Casareto's pocket and asked her to take a drug test. She refused, and resigned, the complaint said.
Casareto did not immediately return a phone message left by The Associated Press.
Abbott Northwestern spokeswoman Gloria O'Connell said she couldn't discuss current or former employees.
"Any time there is a suspicious situation, we investigate it," she said "We have policies and procedures in place to protect the safety of our patients, which is our primary concern."
MINNEAPOLIS — A nurse who was supposed to sedate a patient before surgery instead took most of the painkillers for herself and told the patient to "man up" — giving him such a small dose of medication that he was writhing in pain on the operating table, according to criminal charges.
Sarah May Casareto, 33, was charged Wednesday with one count of theft of a controlled substance, a felony. She allegedly told officers she was addicted to pain medications.
According to the complaint, a man, identified only by his initials, went to Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis on Nov. 8 to have kidney stones surgically removed. Part of the procedure involves inserting a tube into the patient's back and down into the kidney.
Before the surgery, a doctor told the patient he wouldn't feel pain. Patients are normally heavily sedated or asleep during the procedure.
But Casareto, a nurse anesthetist, allegedly told the man "you're gonna have to man up here and take some of the pain because we can't give you a lot of medication," the complaint said.
During surgery, the patient told doctors he was experiencing the worst pain, describing the feeling as "very long needles going through my skin and down into my kidney," the complaint said. The patient said he could feel someone holding him down, and heard one person ask about using restraints.
Meanwhile, hospital staff told police Casareto was distracted and disoriented, kept falling asleep, and was gesturing and talking loudly.
One hospital technician told police the patient was screaming and moaning, and Casareto told him to "go to your beach . . . go to your happy place," the complaint said.
After the procedure, the technician found two syringes, with labels missing, in Casareto's pocket. A review of medial documents showed the patient only received about one-third of the Fentanyl he was supposed to get, while some of the drug was missing, the complaint said.
Hospital officials later found four empty syringes in Casareto's pocket and asked her to take a drug test. She refused, and resigned, the complaint said.
Casareto did not immediately return a phone message left by The Associated Press.
Abbott Northwestern spokeswoman Gloria O'Connell said she couldn't discuss current or former employees.
"Any time there is a suspicious situation, we investigate it," she said "We have policies and procedures in place to protect the safety of our patients, which is our primary concern."
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Wooooo that ? finna make bank...
Should, "go to your happy place"-wtf? that ? dont work. -
Well hey, at least in about a year he'll be spending a lot of time in that happy place.
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ThaChozenWun wrote: »Well hey, at least in about a year he'll be spending a lot of time in that happy place.
I don't know, I don't think he's going to get much of anything. It wasn't serious malpractice(like the wrong leg being cut off), it wasn't done by a doctor, he's not going to suffer long term physical debilitation from this, maybe a little emotional scarring, and physical pain is not something that is recalled/relived like mental/emotional abuse. -
BiblicalAtheist wrote: »I don't know, I don't think he's going to get much of anything. It wasn't serious malpractice(like the wrong leg being cut off), it wasn't done by a doctor, he's not going to suffer long term physical debilitation from this, maybe a little emotional scarring, and physical pain is not something that is recalled/relived like mental/emotional abuse.
I think he'll get six figures from the hospital and will likely then move on and sue the nurse and receive another like 50k. It's still going to go against the hospital because it says in the story it was recorded how much he was given wasn't sufficient enough, plus he was on the table complaining about the pain so the hospital is responsible for not checking the charts and for continuing surgery on a man that apparently felt it. -
ThaChozenWun wrote: »I think he'll get six figures from the hospital and will likely then move on and sue the nurse and receive another like 50k. It's still going to go against the hospital because it says in the story it was recorded how much he was given wasn't sufficient enough, plus he was on the table complaining about the pain so the hospital is responsible for not checking the charts and for continuing surgery on a man that apparently felt it.
I still think he isn't going to get much if anything. He could probably sue her, but the hospital and doctors themselves displayed no negligence. -
BiblicalAtheist wrote: »I still think he isn't going to get much if anything. He could probably sue her, but the hospital and doctors themselves displayed no negligence.During surgery, the patient told doctors he was experiencing the worst pain, describing the feeling as "very long needles going through my skin and down into my kidney," the complaint said. The patient said he could feel someone holding him down, and heard one person ask about using restraints.
That means the surgeon was there along with other nurses and the guy was saying he was having very bad pain, right then a nurse should have checked the chart and be sure he was properly medicated, to me that's failing to follow protocol and negating the patients complaints of extreme discomfort. -
ThaChozenWun wrote: »That means the surgeon was there along with other nurses and the guy was saying he was having very bad pain, right then a nurse should have checked the chart and be sure he was properly medicated, to me that's failing to follow protocol and negating the patients complaints of extreme discomfort.
How are they gonna check a chart that says he was given so much painkiller, when the nurse secretly took some herself? The chart says he got it, he didn't know he didn't get it, no one knew he didn't get it until the nurse started trippin'(and that's when they stopped surgery and medicated most likely). If it wasn't for her fallin and acting weird, they would have assumed the pain was in his head. Same ? happened when I had dental work done, I insisted the freezing didn't take and I could feel everything they were doing, they insisted I couldn't. The pain was excruciating, and they firmly believed I couldn't feel it and they wanted to continue. -
Maybe we have different thoughts on what this means but to me it was written that he didn't receive it all and no one bothered to check until later on down the road.BiblicalAtheist wrote: »How are they gonna check a chart that says he was given so much painkiller, when the nurse secretly took some herself? The chart says he got it, he didn't know he didn't get it, no one knew he didn't get it until the nurse started trippin'(and that's when they stopped surgery and medicated most likely).A review of medial documents showed the patient only received about one-third of the Fentanyl he was supposed to getIf it wasn't for her fallin and acting weird, they would have assumed the pain was in his head. Same ? happened when I had dental work done, I insisted the freezing didn't take and I could feel everything they were doing, they insisted I couldn't. The pain was excruciating, and they firmly believed I couldn't feel it and they wanted to continue.
And based on this I believe he has a case, and had you gotten the work done while still in pain you would have one to. -
ThaChozenWun wrote: »Maybe we have different thoughts on what this means but to me it was written that he didn't receive it all and no one bothered to check until later on down the road.
And based on this I believe he has a case, and had you gotten the work done while still in pain you would have one to.
Oh ? , my bad how'd I miss that part haha
Nope I left that dental office calling him a waph job who didnph know whaph the hell he waph doing. He froze my tongue and lip but thats it. -
BiblicalAtheist wrote: »Oh ? , my bad how'd I miss that part haha
Nope I left that dental office calling him a waph job who didnph know whaph the hell he waph doing. He froze my tongue and lip but thats it.
lol @ me spending the last 48 minutes trying to pronounce the last part. -
ThaChozenWun wrote: »lol @ me spending the last 48 minutes trying to pronounce the last part.
lol
I can't believe I missed that part of the story, and this had me lmao: "Maybe we have different thoughts on what this means but to me..." I love when I make an ass of myself
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