Posts tagged medical malpractice

• Once Upon A Time In Hospital Charts

  Bob Carroll | January 25, 2007 6:14 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This week, probably for the 1,000th time, I struggled during my review of a complicated medical chart to determine exactly when certain events occurred in a hospital stay. When was my client taken off oxygen? When did the nurse escort him to the bathroom? The times mattered greatly because my client died of an undiagnosed pneumonia shortly after his discharge from the hospital.Although many...

• Being Famous Does Not Protect A Patient From Poor Medical Care

  Bob Carroll | January 25, 2007 2:29 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Even famous football coaches can be victimized by medical malpractice.Notre Dame Football Coach's Malpractice Suit Goes To TrialNotre Dame coach Charlie Weis' medical malpractice suit against two Boston doctors is scheduled to go to trial next month.Weis nearly died after undergoing gastric bypass surgery in June 2002, when he was the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots. Weis had...

• Florida Nurse Administers What May Be The Largest Drug Overdose In The State

  Bob Carroll | January 24, 2007 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  How is it possible a nurse could administer 10 times the dose of a drug ordered by a doctor? Coral Springs mother died from massive overdose given by Broward General nurseThe Coral Springs mother went to the emergency room feeling sick after running out of medicine. But instead of just getting a refill, she died when a nurse gave her a massive overdose of a seizure drug, according to hospital...

• It Was Not Sympathy For Widow That Motivated Jury When Doctors Kept Heads In Sand

  Bob Carroll | January 21, 2007 7:09 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a recent Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death case we are told the jury primarily heard the family's tale and acted with compassion rather than according to the rigors of the law. That is the take of Cortlandt Forum, at least.I read the facts outlined on the Forum and come to an entirely different conclusion. A complicated case is trumped by the sympathy factorThe patient was a 22-year-old...

• Let's Work On Eliminating Medical Errors, Not Patient Rights

  Bob Carroll | January 19, 2007 5:54 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Every year between 44,000 and 98,000 people die from preventable medical errors. That is the take-away message from an item posted by Cyrus Dugger at TortDeform.How to Reduce Medical Costs, Lawsuits & Deaths at the Same TimeThe tort "reform" movement blames lawyers and lawsuits for the increasing cost of medical care. Whether or not you buy that argument (and this blog has argued many times...

• Dirty Surgery Instruments

  Eddie Farah | January 13, 2007 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Last November Jennifer Backman, a Navy wife gave the government a notice of intent to file a $5 million suit against the government. The allegations allege Navy surgeons at the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida used unsterilized instruments during an operation. The hospital's commanding officer, Capt. Raquel Bono, denied such claims, stating, "We would never use dirty or contaminated...

• Coumadin And The Risk Of A Brain Bleed

  Bob Carroll | January 10, 2007 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Blood thinning, anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) carries risk of a brain hemorrhage. This is a risk of its use that is not always being considered by the prescribing doctor. Brain Bleeds From Blood Thinner on the RiseThe rate of bleeding in the brain associated with use of the anticoagulant drug warfarin quintupled during the 1990s, University of Cincinnati researchers reported...

• Breast Cancer Mis-Diagnosis and Late Diagnosis

  Robert Blanchard | December 22, 2006 12:22 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  An international panel updated their standards on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, as reported in the October 2006 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS). According to the American Cancer Society, invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in 211,240 women and will cause more than 40,000 deaths in 2005. The updated statement reflects the conclusions of a panel...

• Benefits Of A Doctor Who Takes His Time To Do It Right

  Bob Carroll | December 18, 2006 6:54 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Some medical malpractice occurs simply because the medical provider does not spend enough time doing the job at hand. It is identical to the plumber who does a poor job making his connections in the rush to get to the next job or on the way home. Or, to the home inspector who has twice as many homes to inspect as he should have in his work day. It is not a failure of training or experience. ...

• Nobody Should Send An Impaired Driver Onto The Highway

  Bob Carroll | December 12, 2006 5:33 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If an employer sends a drunk employee off the worksite knowing he would likely drive home, should the boss be liable if the drunk employee does what drunk drivers often do, crosses the center line and kills an oncoming motorist? My answer is yes. If a doctor discharges a hospital patient knowing that his medical condition and medications would make him an unsafe driver without warning the...