One element of surgical errors that seems – on the surface – easy to prevent is the notion of wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-patient surgeries. Often abbreviated as WSPE, this form of negligence can lead to life-changing medical errors such as the...
Year: 2017
Surgical mistakes are often very expensive for the victim
Going under the knife for surgery is a dangerous proposition. People can and do have severe adverse reactions to anesthesia, which can sometimes be fatal. Each human body varies from the next, so the potential exists for severe bleeding due to an unusually placed...
Mistakes with medications can have serious consequences
Modern medicine can provide many people with improved health and longer lives. Medications and prescription drugs have a lot to do what that. Certain medications can kill cancer, stave off blood clots or strokes, or control a lifelong viral infection. Others can help...
Did You Get Sick Because Of Your Nurse’s Scrubs?
Medical facilities go to great lengths to prevent cross-contamination and ensure their patients can recover in a safe, sterile environment. Medical negligence, however, remains a very real crisis in hospitals in New Jersey and across the nation. Unfortunately,...
How can you prove that a mistake happened in the hospital?
Thousands of people every year end up injured, sickened or killed because of mistakes that happen in hospitals. Many times, the patients and families involved in these dilemmas do not even realize a medical mistake was the cause of their situation. It can be hard for...
Birth injuries can cost parents for the rest of their lives
When people think of pregnancy, labor and birth, the images are often ones of familial joy and the triumph of modern medicine. Healthy mothers cradle newborns - exhausted but full of love. Many times, that is the outcome of the labor and delivery process. However, not...
The Dangers of Removing Pacemaker and Defibrillator Wires in a Cath Lab.
Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are small devices that are placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms. They both use pulses or shocks to help control these life-threatening arrhythmias and both consist of two...
The July Effect – Don’t Get Sick Over The Summer
While it’s true that health emergencies do not follow any sort of set schedule, there are certain times when you might face inefficient or negligent care from a hospital. Thousands of people across the nation avoid scheduling surgeries or complex procedures...
Medical Errors
THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES There is ongoing research into the causes of death for the purposes of rating for insurance purposes and determine the costs of health insurance. It is expected that the traditional causes of death, heart disease and...
Contaminated Syringes
The American Medical Association (AMA) reported recently in their daily communication that there were reported 52 cases of infection in patients by contaminated syringes in the State of New Jersey alone. The Texas company responsible has recalled all such syringes...
