VAX D

Description of Event or Problem

PT RECENTLY HAD A VAX D TREATMENT. PT WAS STRAPPED INTO SAFETY BELT AND A SHOULDER COLLAR AND LAID ON MACHINE THE MACHINE TURNED ON. PT SUFFERED A SEVERE SHOOTING PAIN AND HAD NO WAY TO SHUT DOWN THE MACHINE AND THE DR HAD LEFT THE ROOM. PT WAS IN PAIN FOR ANOTHER 5-10 MINS TILL HE RETURNED. PT SUFFERED SEVERE PAIN ON WAY HOME AND STILL FEELS THE PAIN BUT IT HAS LESSENED SOME. POINT IS THERE SHOULD BE A EMERGENCY STOP WITHIN THE REACH OF THE PT SHOULD ANY EMERGENCY ARISE, SHOUTING PAIN OR EVEN A CARDIAC EMERGENCY COULD HAPPEN. HOW HARD WOULD IT BE TO HAVE A PANIC STOP NEXT TO PT'S HAND. PT FEELS THIS MODIFICATION SHOULD BE DONE RIGHT AWAY. THERE IS UP TO 80 LBS OF PRESSURE ON A PT WHEN SOMETHING BAD COULD HAPPEN. DRS ARE DISTRACTED BY PHONE CALLS, OTHER PTS OR EVEN A BATHROOM BREAK AND PT IS STRAPPED TO A MACHINE IN POSSIBLE HARMFUL PAIN.