Given that her license was revoked, and there's no reason to believe she is going to continue practicing, I do question what possible remedy jail could possibly bring to the situation. It seems there is zero chance of this mistake being repeated, that she is genuinely remorseful, and that there was zero malice involved. And the level of deterrence at preventing addition death is probably negative, given that this conviction will make medical providers want to cover up accidents even more -- so there's really no good argument to be made for making an example of her.<p>That said I understand jail is also about punishment and eye for an eye. I hope she was only jailed upon wishes of the family of the deceased. To bring justice to a family that wishes this kind of justice, is the only way one can possibly justify the sentence.
The medical world needs follow the aviation industry in not assigning blame to individuals after incidents unless they had reckless or malign intent.<p>People make mistakes. If your system relies on people not making mistakes then it is an unsafe system.
I think this is probably correct. If you are giving someone vecuronium, you better hope they are already on a ventilator. It's like accidentally pulling out a firearm pistol instead of a taser and shooting someone.
It is sad that it has come to this, but the medical boards have not been effective at all.<p>If the professional medical orgs don't want outside oversight, they need to demonstrate some sort of competency.<p>They could learn a lot from the aviation industry.