Calley J. Christie didn’t consult with a patient’s medical provider before treating a patient with Down syndrome and a tracheostomy with general anesthesia, according to the charges.

In May of 2021, Aminata Fofana, who worked as a licensed practical nurse at Capri Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lewis Center, Ohio, removed a 72-year-old patient’s tracheostomy ...

Moreover, by waiting, many of the patients assigned to the late group were able to avoid the tracheostomy procedure entirely. Of the 455 patients randomly assigned to the early group, 91.9% (95% ...

Early tracheostomy within 9 days of mechanical ventilation was associated with lower 90-day mortality and hospital length of stay compared with late tracheostomy in patients with COPD, according ...

In mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), early tracheostomy was associated with lower all-cause in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay ...

Christie allegedly over medicated the patient, and when the patient’s breathing became labored, Christie unsuccessfully performed airway maneuvers and bag valve mask ventilation over the patient ...