
Episode 121: Therac-25
Well There‘s Your Problem
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No Dose Error - Chiropractic
The terminal screen displayed in no dose and indicated that there was a treatment pause. The patient complained of burning and tingling pain in the treatment area. They returned for further treatment three days later, reporting severe pain,. By this point, they were then reporting severe pain, swelling and redness - we're hospitalized the following day. And on this occasion, the operator pressed the P key a further three times. This is triggering the magic five, five times. It's now enabled. And the machine enters treatments to spend, so it shuts down and then you have to sort of call the technician who goes, what have you done? I can't wait to have to come and boot everything
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