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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / November 2005Kid Gets Pump Ripped Out
This one's for Dave. I was horrified when I read it. It has been roundly discussed at the IP list. Teacher Mistakes Boy's Insulin Pump For Phone, Rips It Out Boy Is Diabetic POSTED: 11:16 am EDT October 5, 2005 CLERMONT, Fla. -- School officials in Lake County, Fla., said a substitute teacher pulled out a student's insulin pump after mistaking it for a cell phone. Cliffton Hassam told East Ridge High School officials that his insulin pump began beeping in class Friday. But before he could turn it off, Hassam said substitute teacher Richard Maline ripped it from his leg. Hassam is diabetic. The insulin pump regulates his blood sugar level. Lake County School District officials said Maline pulled the pump because he thought the beeping came from a cell phone. They said Maline realized his mistake after he grabbed the pump. In the written statement Hassam gave to school officials Tuesday, he said the pump fell to the floor and the tube came out of his leg. The high school junior said his blood sugar levels did not return to normal until early this week. School district officials said Maline has been removed from the pool of substitute teachers. Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ----- Vicki > This one's for Dave. > > I was horrified when I read it. It has been roundly discussed at the IP > list. Got the same story last year... Makes you start to wonder if it is another urban legend. BJ > > This one's for Dave. > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > BJ its really easy to find it online in the Oct 6 Orlando Sentinel: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/orl-linsulin0605oct06,0,6617057.st ory?coll=orl-news-education-headlines >> > This one's for Dave. >> > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >its really easy to find it online in the Oct 6 Orlando Sentinel: >http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/orl-linsulin0605oct06,0,6617057.st ory?coll=orl-news-education-headlines There are some obvious errors in the article about how the pump actually works. But that doesn't change the offense in anyway. Thanks for the link.  SignatureMâck©® Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ...Theodore Roosevelt (o o) --ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Jesus never hated anyone. > Got the same story last year... Makes you start to wonder if it is another > urban legend. The story last year was a girl and it happened in the cafeteria SignatureNo Husband Has Ever Been Shot While Doing The Dishes >> This one's for Dave. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >BJ Sounds like the NO thugs cops who ruffed up that old guy a few days ago. Lots of thugs going around today. _____________________________________________ http://wave.prohosting.com/ugleeeee/ Health Diabetic Software - Free On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:09:24 -0400, Vicki Beausoleil <VBeausoleil@netscape.net> Huffed and Puffed the following into the madness of usenet: >This one's for Dave. > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >Vicki why for Dave? he doesn't have any kids on a pump. It's for the parents of type 1 kids to be aware they need to educate their kids educators. that was one hell of a yank though. I hope he is made to pay for the damage to the pump, even if it is just reimbursing the pump company for replacing the kids pump. Getting fired and charged the 5000.00 + U$D for the replacement cost is a good lesson for an adult to learn. SignatureMâck©® Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ...Theodore Roosevelt (o o) --ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Jesus never hated anyone. >that was one hell of a yank though. I hope he is made to pay for the >damage to the pump, even if it is just reimbursing the pump company >for replacing the kids pump. > >Getting fired and charged the 5000.00 + U$D for the replacement cost >is a good lesson for an adult to learn. Thirty days jail for child abuse is a nice addition to the above. _____________________________________________ http://wave.prohosting.com/ugleeeee/ Health Diabetic Software - Free >>that was one hell of a yank though. I hope he is made to pay for the >>damage to the pump, even if it is just reimbursing the pump company [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Thirty days jail for child abuse is a nice addition to the above. can you imagine what the reaction would have been if the kid were using the old style infusion sets (which are still on the market) that do NOT have a removable needle? You insert it at an angle so that it lies just under the skin and tape it in place. The needle is a syringe needle in that the insulin goes through it. The newer sets use an inserter needle that is removed after the infusion set is put in place. This leaves only a thin plastic canula (tube) about the thickness of a syringe needle, but flexible and painless. I've had both types ripped out. The newer sets are only painful if the tape pulls on the skin to much while the other one, the older one can be very painful depending own the direction it was pulled out. Take your right hand and lay your index finger along the skin of your stomach pointing at your belly button. Now imagine that is the old set and your finger is the needle laying just under the skin and your arm is the tubing. Now grab your arm with your free hand and pull across your. That's what would happen with the older sets. The newer sets are no where near being like that when they get pulled out. It just depends on how well the tape was sticking as to whether it would painful. SignatureMâck©® Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.diabetic-talk.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ...Theodore Roosevelt (o o) --ooO-(_)-Ooo-------------------- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Jesus never hated anyone. > This one's for Dave. > [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Vicki Amazing, huh? This happened to a young girl, but I don't remember what state. The idiot school official thought she had a pager, IIRC. Dave > This one's for Dave. > Vicki link to girl's problem with school http://www.type1info.com/insulin_pump_incident.htm Dave > This one's for Dave. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Teacher Mistakes Boy's Insulin Pump For Phone, Rips It Out > Boy Is Diabetic Having recently retired from the public school system and spending the last 6 years teaching in a "continuation high school" for difficult students, this case illustrates the depth of the problems in the public school system and argues for putting your child in a private school if possible. Today's public schools need only the very best teachers who are emotionally balanced, have excellent people skills and are good leaders. Teachers who would have done OK in the classroom 30 to 50 years ago when the challenges were not so great are making very bad decisions under enormous stress and putting students and themselves at risk. Substitutes are the lowest paid and often the least capable. In many ways, they have the toughest job. > Substitutes are the lowest paid and often the least capable. In many > ways, they have the toughest job. After two years substituting, I think I can comment: 1. Yes, we are the lowest paid. I loved it anyway. 2. We have the toughest job IF the regular teacher fails to properly prepare the class and the lesson plans. But often, talk about cushy--I get to do what I love and somebody else did all the work! 3. Some of us should NEVER be allowed in a classroom. But others of us are excellent teachers. And the full spectrum in between. Just like full-time teachers. SignatureWes Groleau "Ideas are more powerful than guns, We would not let our enemies have guns; why should we let them have ideas?" -- Jozef Stalin |
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