Lumbar Procedure Reflection Paper

I received a complaint about a failed lumbar puncture (L.P). The patient was not happy with the multiple attempts done by me to get the CSF. When I was first told about the complaint by my consultant, I felt frustrated and disappointed. My first opinions were that; although I was trying to assist the patient by reaching correct diagnosis, the patient misinterpreted that as if I was only hurting her back. Later on this initial stage I realized that I was unconsciously going through the stages of responding to bad news with shock, denial, anger, Etc.
I was required to write a statement of the incident and began to delve into my memory to remember all the details, and by behaving that I came to understand that my approach to this complaint was not the correct one. I was responsible for carrying out the procedure and I should test to imagine the patient feeling at that time and adequately empathize with her, as this shall help me to understand not only why the situation ended the path it acted, but also what I may ascertain from the experience.
The patient was a woman in her 40s, presented with acute thunder-clap headache. Head CT was normal and LP needed to investigate for possible SAH. Her BMI was on the higher side and the consultant expected a difficult L.P and wanted a medical
I promptly introduced myself to the patient and as she was already consented I did not get into any details about the process. I can recollect right away that she was nervous about it, and not happy with various other facets of her upkeep in the hospital since admission. She took the left lateral position of L.P, and although she was not relaxed enough, I worked along and carried the L.P. I needed to put in local anaesthetic twice, and after two failed attempts the patient got very uncomfortable and I had to break off and referred her to our anaesthetic team to perform the L.P in the