Preventing sledding accidents is a wintertime concern for many parents. According to the National Safety Council, sleds and toboggans are involved in more than 34,000 injuries that reach the emergency room every year. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has suggested that when inner tube
sledding injuries are included, the number is more like 160,000 sustain injuries that require a visit to the emergency room. The academy says that children aged 5 – 9 are the most likely to sustain an injury. The reason for the susceptibility of these children is that they have a developed sense of adventure but they do not have a developed sense of self-preservation. Nor are they adept at connecting cause and effect. [Read more…]
Aborted Stroke Protocol
When an emergency medicine physician aborted stroke protocol for a patient, he committed medical malpractice. In this incidence, a female patient suffered permanent brain damage and partial vision loss.
Upon regaining consciousness after collapsing in her home, a 45-year-old woman experienced confusion
and a type of vision loss called a “vision field cut.” Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a call and transported the woman to a Primary Stroke Certified hospital. Upon arrival the stroke protocol was initiated. She was evaluated by an emergency medicine physician. At the time of this examination, plaintiff (the woman) was easily within the stroke treatment period of 3 hours (4.5 hours in some cases). [Read more…]
