When told that they need to have surgery, people often ask if they’re going to be under anesthesia. It gives them some sense of how serious the surgery is or what to expect. The problem is that people often think of all anesthesia as the same thing -- as if it just...
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How often do surgeons leave foreign objects inside patients?
Many medical mistakes are subtle and easy to overlook, which means they can be hard to prove that they ever happened. Other medical mistakes might have explanations that leave some doubt regarding what actually happened. However, there are some medical mistakes that...
The dangers of anesthesia errors
No one who enters the hospital for a routine, elective procedure expects never to leave or to leave in a vegetative state due to an anesthesia error. However, these most unfortunate incidents happen all too frequently at hospitals, medical centers and surgical...
Preventing complications and death from a stroke requires rapid treatment
If you take a loved one to the emergency room because of the signs of a stroke, you expect the medical team to take your concerns to heart. Unfortunately, some medical providers don’t take their patients’ complaints seriously and may ignore serious signs of injury or...
Why a delay in a cancer diagnosis can impact a patient’s care
You know something isn't right because you feel tired, you have inexplicable sores on your skin or other symptoms that just won't seem to go away. You go to your doctor and explain to them what you've experienced, and they either diagnose you with some minor condition...
Do you think medical malpractice cost your loved one’s life?
When someone you love experiences an accident, gets hurt in a car crash or develops a serious illness, you expect that medical treatments will help them. That is a reasonable expectation, since for most patients, medical intervention has a positive effect on their...
Why emergency room doctors make mistakes
To understand why doctors make mistakes in the ER, all you really have to consider is the environment that the emergency room creates. When you think about what it’s like in that room during peak hours, mistakes seem almost inevitable. An emergency room, after all,...
Changes are coming for military medical malpractice claims
Seeking care from a military doctor or institution is necessary for some servicemembers, but they should have the right to expect care that, at a minimum, meets the standard of care. One issue that military members had in the past is that they were barred from seeking...
Know your rights under the Federal Tort Claims Act
If you or a family member experienced medical malpractice at a VA facility, you may have legal recourse under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The FTCA outlines the process to sue federal government agencies and facilities for personal injury or death. With this process,...
A birth injury can lead to cerebral palsy
You wake to see your husband in tears. It seems a strange reaction for someone who has just become a father for the first time. He tells you the doctors think there may be something wrong with your baby. Some birth injuries are minor and will recover of their own...