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Category Archives: Damages
Why is Litigation related to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) on the Rise? by guest author Dr. Diane Krasner
Since the 1990s, wound care has taken a substantial leap forward. The new device was first marketed in the US by KCI (San Antonio, TX) in 1995 as the V.A.C. Therapy System. It efficiently provided a means to apply negative … Continue reading
Salmonella and Eggs by Pat Iyer
Inspections of Iowa egg production farms led to recalls of more than half a billion eggs. The visits to the farms were carried out to check compliance with new federal egg safety regulations that went into effect last month. Inspectors … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal, Damages, Toxic tort
Tagged food poisoning, food sanitation, salmonella, Toxic tort
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The Dangers of a Concussion
The subject of head injuries associated with sports is in the news. A new study found high school-age athletes are more likely than younger kids to have sports-related concussions, but the rate of such injuries in both groups is on the rise. Continue reading
Posted in Damages, Emergency Medicine
Tagged concussion, head injury, intracranial bleed, school injury
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By Pat Iyer: Death after being restrained
The charge nurse found Alexis Evette Richie alone in a small room at SSM DePaul Health Center, motionless and sprawled facedown on a bean bag chair. Minutes earlier, the 16-year-old foster child had tried to hit, scratch and bite staff … Continue reading
Posted in Damages, Healthcare Risk Management, Medical errors, Patient safety
Tagged Alexis Richie, asphyxiation, choking, death in restraints
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Do You See What I See? by Pat Iyer
From behind, the group of people walking in front of me through Newark Airport last week looked like a family. There was an older woman, a young couple, and a baby being pushed in the stroller. I filled in: grandmother, … Continue reading
Prescription drug overdoses on the rise in U.S.
by Megan Brooks (Reuters Health) – More and more Americans are landing in the hospital due to poisoning by powerful prescription painkillers, sedatives and tranquilizers, according to a report released American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April 2010. City-living middle-aged women … Continue reading
Common Errors of Pharmacy Technicians – Guest Post by Ashley Jones
Medications save lives, but they do so only when they’re taken correctly – by the right patient, who takes the right medicine, at the right time, in the right dosage, by the right route, and for the right amount of … Continue reading
Debridement: A Painful Treatment by Pat Iyer
Debridement is the medical term for cutting away dead tissue from a pressure sore. It is pronounced as if the “I” is a long “e” or “ee”. Debridement can be performed by chemical or mechanical means. Chemical debridement agents use … Continue reading
The Pain Score – Modified by Pat Iyer
Pain is typically measured on a scale from 0-? Do you know the answer to this question? The right answer is 10. The zero to ten pain intensity scale is the most common method of determining pain intensity or severity. … Continue reading
Posted in Damages, Pain and suffering, Personal injury, Trial lawyer skills
Tagged Pain and suffering, pain scale, pain score
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Do Not Resuscitate Orders- Expanded by Pat Iyer
Teri Cox RN MS CLNC presented a provocative concept to the New Jersey chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants at our March 2010 meeting. CPR is a medical intervention. A competent patient may refuse to have CPR … Continue reading
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