Category Archives: Medical Malpractice
Medication Dose Errors
It may be small, but a tiny decimal point can make a huge difference. Consider that spinach has long enjoyed the reputation of a superfood because a typographical error put the decimal point in the wrong place and made it look like spinach had ten times as much iron as it did. This is… Read More »
A Pattern of Preventable Adverse Outcomes at a Specialist Hospital
People in wealthy countries take the low infant mortality rate for granted, but it was not too long ago that the death rate for children under age five was so high that people hesitated to get their hopes up about their babies surviving; this was the main reason that birth rates were so much… Read More »
Notice of Intent to Sue for Medical Malpractice
These days, everyone who can forward emails or scroll through social media feeds thinks they know more about your health than you do, but the more you learn about medicine, the less simple it is. If you have ever had a medical problem that required treatment by more than one specialist, you might have… Read More »
Medication Errors During Surgery
To practice medicine is to make life or death decisions quickly, based on a nearly infinite array of factors. The creators of online content about the alleged incompetence or greed of physicians can run their mouths all day long about what the doctors should have done in a given situation, but in the end,… Read More »
Medical Malpractice Can Be a Result of Multiple Errors
Practicing medicine means making an almost endless series of decisions that depend on each other. In emergency situations, doctors must decide quickly on a course of action. They do not have time to take a complete medical history. If they are fortunate enough to have access to the patient’s complete medical chart, they must… Read More »
What to Do Before You File a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
It might seem like you are always seeing reports in the news about plaintiffs winning damages awards in the six figures, or even more, in medical malpractice lawsuits, but these cases are the exception to the rule. Most medical malpractice cases do not go to trial, and when they do, the court often rules… Read More »
Cruise Ship Infirmary Negligence
Many cases of medical malpractice involve medical facilities that are not properly equipped to treat the patient or transport him or her to a more suitable facility. For example, anesthesiologists at outpatient surgery clinics must carry a “crash cart” with medications to reverse adverse effects of anesthesia. Midwives at birthing centers must call an… Read More »
Paramedic Malpractice
Maternal mortality rates are considerably higher in the United States than they are in other wealthy countries. Most of these deaths are preventable; mothers get discharged from the hospital shortly after giving birth, and despite that they are still medically vulnerable during the postpartum period, doctors fail to take their complaints seriously when they… Read More »
Anesthesia Malpractice in Outpatient Surgery Clinics
Anyone who has gotten the bill after a hospital stay understands why people breathe a sigh of relief when a doctor tells them that it is possible to perform the surgery they need on an outpatient basis. Recovering from surgery in a hospital is unpleasant; you are disoriented because of painkillers, and you cannot… Read More »
Misdiagnosis of Heart Attack
Most of us, if asked to form a mental image of someone who is at risk of suffering a heart attack, would describe the patient in similar terms. He is at least 50 years old. He has plenty of unhealthy habits, such as eating junk food, drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and not exercising; he… Read More »
