Anesthesia is used in many ways during medical procedures. From numbing a specific area to relaxing a patient to inducing complete unconsciousness, anesthesiologists must be careful about how it is administered. When things go wrong with anesthesia, it is usually because of a dosage error. Medication dosage errors are more common than many people realize. Unfortunately, all people—even doctors—can make…
People don’t want to go to a hospital emergency room (ER), but when they do, they expect an accurate diagnosis. Once they’ve been seen by a doctor, patients expect to have answers and an understanding of their illness or injury. However, sometimes the medical personnel in the ER don’t provide a correct diagnosis. While emergency room doctors are skilled and…
Children are injured every day doing normal activities—playing their favorite sports, climbing on a play structure at the park, and skateboarding or rollerblading. While injuries can range in severity, one of the most serious for children is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can often be missed by doctors. Reasons That Brain Injuries Go Undetected in Children The following are…
During childbirth, many women opt for drugs to ease their painful contractions, and anesthesiologists are the doctors to administer the different types of anesthesia medications. Unfortunately, even highly-trained anesthesiologists can make a mistake during the childbirth process and injure the mother, the baby, or both. Mistakes can be made when an anesthesiologist gives an epidural to a woman during a…
The birth of a baby is an exciting times for parents who hope that their children will be born healthy. While many births go smoothly, some births are complicated and traumatic and may require an emergency cesarean section. Some babies suffer serious injuries at birth, such as brain injuries. Even if all goes well during labor and delivery, a baby…
People go to emergency rooms (ER) to seek relief from their pain, trusting doctors will diagnose their medical conditions correctly and provide timely treatment. Unfortunately, some doctors fail to recognize common symptoms or misdiagnose health conditions. Sometimes when an injury or ailment is overlooked or not diagnosed correctly, it can mean the difference between life and death. This is sadly…
Maybe you went to the emergency room or your normal primary care doctor complaining of flu-like symptoms, a headache, and neck pain, only to be told you had the flu. Later, however, it was discovered that it was meningitis. Doctors have been known to mistake the symptoms of meningitis for the flu, which can lead to delayed treatment. When meningitis…
Trauma and car accidents involving head injuries happen at all hours of the day, which is why there are emergency rooms and doctors available to treat patients around the clock. If you need a CT scan, MRI, X-ray, or other imaging test that a radiologist reads, you would assume that a radiologist at your local hospital will be standing by…
Pills may be small, but they are powerful. And while this is good when used correctly, if a person gets the wrong pill, the consequences can be very serious and even fatal. Unfortunately, the wrong medication is occasionally given out at pharmacies causing customers to unknowingly take the wrong pills and suffer the adverse effects. In this article, we will…
The loss of a loved one is one of the most devastating times for families to endure. Sadly, many family members don’t get to say their goodbyes or hug their loved ones one last time before they are gone. What makes the matter worse is when the loss of a family member is caused by an error on the part…