Medication Errors To Blame For Death Of Nursing Home Patient
Some of the most tragic cases of nursing home negligence involve medication errors. Not just because the error results in a severe injury or death of a patient, but because the errors were indeed so needless. Somewhere along the line from the time the doctors order was written to the time the medication was dispensed--- or perhaps not-- we frequently see errors made with respect to how medications are handled in nursing homes. Even innocent errors made by nursing home staff can wreck havoc on fragile patients who require strict adherence to their doctors medication orders. For some reason, there...
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19 Hours In A Hospital Waiting Room... For A Bill
On September 24th, Amber Joy Milbrodt injured her leg while playing volleyball. Needing medical treatment, Milbrodt went to the emergency room at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. After a three and a half hour wait the a nurse provided an initial assessment of Ms. Milbrodt and sent her back to the waiting area. Fifteen hours later and still sitting in the waiting area, Ms. Milbrodt had enough and went home. Ms. Milbrodt later visited a chiropractic school where they confirmed that she had a broken leg. Ms. Milbrodt received a bill for the emergency room assessment several days later. What...
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MRI Dangers: Pacemakers And Metallic Foreign Bodies
A fall or an injury in a nursing home frequently means a referral for a magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the injured area. An MRI uses powerful magnets and radio waves to produce very clear images of the body that are more accurate than x-rays. Not everyone is capable of undergoing an MRI. Because of the strong magnetic fields and electrical interference people with the following medical conditions should alert their physician or technician before undergoing any MRI procedure: Heart pacemaker Cerebral aneurysm clip (metal clip on a blood vessel in the brain) Implanted insulin pump (for treatment of diabetes),...
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