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2 THE COURT: GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND
3 GENTLEMEN MR LAYSER, YOU WERE CROSS EXAMINING
4 DR CRANE
5 MR LAYSER: MAY I HAVE THE COURT
6 REPORTER READ BACK THE LAST QUESTION?
7 - - -
8 (WHEREUPON THE COURT REPORTER READ BACK THE LAST
9 QUESTION
10 - - -
11 BY MR LAYSER:
12 Q BY THE WAY, DR CRANE, YOU ARE SCHEDULED TO COME
13 TO DELAWARE COUNTY IN MAY IN THE CASE OF VERELLA VERSUS
14 DESANTIS (PHONETIC); IS THAT RIGHT?
15 A I DON'T KNOW
16 Q YOU DIDN'T GET THAT TRIAL DATE YET?
17 A NO
18 Q DO YOU HAVE THAT SECOND DR SNYDER REPORT HANDY?
19 A YES
20 Q I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER GOTTEN A COPY OF THAT
21 I'M GOING TO MARK THAT D-8 FOR IDENTIFICATION I MAY
22 HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR DR GENNER TOMORROW
23 THE COURT: YOU'VE ALREADY PRE-MARKED
24 OTHERS I TAKE IT IT?
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1 MR LAYSER: RIGHT
2 THE COURT: D-8 IS DR SNYDER'S
3 REPORT
4 MR LAYSER: JULY 28TH, 1994
5 BY MR LAYSER:
6 Q NOW, ON DIRECT YOU TALKED ABOUT PAIN ORDERS AND
7 MEDICATION FOR PAIN; DO YOU RECALL THAT?
8 A YES
9 Q YOU WERE SHOWN THIS BLOW-UP THAT LISTS THE
10 DEMEROL AND VISTARIL?
11 A YES
12 Q JUST SO I AM CLEAR, VISTARIL IS GIVEN WITH
13 DEMEROL SO THAT THE EFFECTS OF DEMEROL CAN GET THROUGH A
14 PATIENT'S SYSTEM AND RELIEVE THE PAIN; IT ENHANCES,
15 AUGMENTS THE DEMEROL?
16 A IT AUGMENTS -- DEMEROL CAN BE GIVEN ALONE, BUT
17 VISTARIL AUGMENTS IT
18 Q BUT YOU DON'T GIVE VISTARIL ALONE?
19 A YOU CAN
20 Q FOR PAIN?
21 A NOT FOR PAIN
22 Q YOU POINTED OUT THAT ALL THESE ORDERS SAY PRN?
23 A YES
24 Q PRN BASICALLY MEANS AS NEEDED?
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1 A YES
2 Q SO A NURSE IS NOT GOING TO GIVE THESE INJECTIONS
3 UNLESS THE PATIENT TELLS HER I AM IN PAIN I WANT A
4 SHOT?
5 A YES
6 Q ALSO, ON THE BOTTOM OF ORDER NUMBER TWO IT SAYS
7 TYLENOL NUMBER THREE, ONE TO TWO TABS PO PRN
8 TYLENOL NUMBER THREE IS AN ORAL MEDICATION?
9 A YES
10 Q SO IF A PATIENT HAD REQUESTED A PAIN PILL HE
11 WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT INSTEAD OF AN INJECTION?
12 A YES
13 Q ONCE AGAIN, PRN MEANS AS NEEDED?
14 A YES
15 Q SO THE FACT IT SAYS EVERY THREE OR FOUR HOURS
16 DOESN'T MEAN HE GOT PAIN MEDICATION EVERY THREE OR FOUR
17 HOURS; IT ONLY MEANS HE MAY GET IT IF HE REQUESTS IT?
18 A THAT'S RIGHT I THINK HE DID GET FROM A
19 DIFFERENT PART OF THE RECORD THAT HE DID GET SOME
20 DEMEROL AND VISTARIL THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION
21 Q IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO GET DEMEROL OR VISTARIL,
22 GIVEN THE TRAUMA AND SURGERY THAT HE HAD?
23 A WELL, I THINK IT'S UNUSUAL FROM TWO WEEKS AFTER
24 SURGERY TO STILL BE GETTING DEMEROL AND VISTARIL IT'S
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1 POSSIBLE IT'S JUST FROM SURGERY THAT -- THE PAIN IS JUST
2 FROM SURGERY, BUT THIS WAS TWO WEEKS AFTER SURGERY
3 Q THEN AN ORTHOPEDIST WOULD BETTER BE ABLE TO SAY
4 HOW LONG THEY WOULD EXPECT THE PAIN?
5 A YES
6 Q PAIN FROM AN INFECTION IS TYPICALLY DIFFERENT
7 THAN PAIN FROM TRAUMA?
8 A THAT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR A PATIENT TO DETERMINE
9 PAIN IS PAIN WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS DEEP PAIN IN
10 THE JOINT, COMING FROM THE JOINT
11 Q IF YOU HAVE DEEP PAIN IN THE JOINT YOU ARE GOING
12 TO HAVE TROUBLE MOVING YOUR JOINT ON TH
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