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New South Wales

No warning, 12-year-old guidelines and a long shift: The litany of problems before Joe Massa’s death

Summary

The registered nurse responsible for triaging Joe said inadequacies in the hospital’s system meant there was no alert to warn her of his abnormal heartbeat, and that if there had been, she would have escalated his care.

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