Living with a serious injury can be difficult, especially when it leaves you with a disability. Sadly, many people who are involved in traffic accidents are left with spinal cord injuries. Spinal cord injuries can be complete or incomplete, but both forms have the...
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Emotional abuse is a risk in an understaffed nursing home
There are many different kinds of abuse that a person can suffer, and older adults are particularly vulnerable to certain types of abuse. Families with loved ones in nursing homes are often diligent in their attempt to monitor for signs of physical or financial...
A wrong diagnosis can lead to 2 different types of harm
When a doctor makes a mistake and diagnoses a patient with a specific condition which that patient does not have, it leads to all manner of issues. Patients usually trust their doctors and do not often question them. This gives doctors a certain sort of power, as...
Do medical mistakes lead to far more deaths than you think?
How many people do you believe pass away from medical mistakes and errors every year? You know it happens, but would you say that it’s fairly rare? This is the view most people have. They hardly think about medical errors until they’re about to go in for surgery...
Vaccine injuries: Here is what to know about SIRVA
Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) could be an issue for you if you’ve received a vaccine. Though people often worry about the contents of vaccines, the medication itself is not the only thing that can cause problems. There is a rare side effect...
Key elements of a wrongful death claim
Every death is a tragedy to someone. If you have lost your loved one because of the negligence of another person, that tragedy can be particularly painful because it could have been avoided. Filing a wrongful death claim can help you to hold people accountable for the...
How long should it take for a nurse to respond to a call light?
Have you ever been at the nursing home when your loved one decides to press the call light? You know that a nurse can’t be there immediately, but you expect it to take a few minutes. After all, that light could mean someone needs emergency assistance, as in the case...
What is the standard of care in medical malpractice cases?
You expect that your doctor is going to treat you in an appropriate manner for the condition you have. Most patients never expect that their doctor is going to provide them with substandard care. Unfortunately, there are some individuals who find this out only after...
Items often left behind by surgeons
One surgical error that happens repeatedly, and that should theoretically never happen, is when the surgical team leaves an instrument behind after the procedure is done. Surgery can be chaotic and the entire team has to account for all of the tools and implements....
Sometimes, the death of a nursing home resident may be wrongful
When you make the often-difficult decision to place an elder or infirm family member in a nursing home, you trust that he or she is getting the right care. In many, many cases, this is the absolute truth. Those who work in such facilities are usually dedicated to...