Posts by Christopher Nace
Nursing Home Neglect Takes Many Forms
No form of medical malpractice or neglect should be tolerated, but it isn’t always easy to spot — especially when the victim is someone other than yourself. Those in the care of any health professional are there for a reason, and sometimes for more than one, which means noticing suspicious symptoms can be even harder.…
Read MoreSocial Media Is Putting Profits Over the Safety of Our Children
We want to talk about two articles that recently caught our eye – both tragic stories about our nation’s youth. One discusses a new study that shows American teen girls are dealing with more depression and violence than ever before. The other gets more personal, talking with parents about how social media is directly and…
Read MoreEx-NFL Player Awarded $43.5 Million for Medical Malpractice
On February 13, a jury awarded former Philadelphia Eagles player Chris Maragos $43.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit related to treatment for a knee injury that resulted in further, career-ending injuries. Maragos alleged both orthopedic surgeon James Bradley and Rothman Orthopaedics ignored damage to his meniscus while repairing a ligament in his right knee, causing…
Read MoreAutonomous Trucks Are Here. Are We Really Ready?
Recently, the New York Times reported an 18-wheeler truck trekked more than 6,300 miles straight and delivered eight loads of freight after making four trips. Normally, a trip like this would need multiple stops, because a driver is only allowed to drive so many hours in a row before being required to take breaks for…
Read MoreA Decades-Long Delay in the Healthcare Safety Movement
In healthcare, an adverse event is an undesirable outcome in a medical procedure or treatment that is not caused by the initial injury or illness itself. A patient who suffers an allergic reaction to a medication has suffered from an adverse event. So has the patient whose hip replacement has deteriorated, and is now suffering…
Read MoreOperating Room Fires Are a Clear and Constant Risk
When a patient undergoes surgery, either in a hospital or a surgical center, the surgeon may use electricity to cut through the tissue. Electrosurgery has a number of benefits, but one dangerous and significant drawback: the risk of an operating room fire. Though OR fires are rare – there are about 650 a year, and…
Read MoreHow Machine Learning Can Help Decrease Truck Accidents
With millions of truckers employed in the United States, it is important that their safety – and the safety of others – is seriously considered. With notoriously lengthy trips on tight schedules, truckers sometimes sacrifice their own comfort and need for rest so they can complete their dispatch on time and avoid possible financial penalties…
Read MoreIt’s Time We Started Treating Stillbirths Seriously
Perhaps the only greater pain of losing a child is knowing that the loss could have been prevented. Stillbirths happen more often than we might believe, and education on when to be concerned about it is not as thorough as it should be. The concerns of mothers-to-be are too often overlooked or waved-off, dismissing them…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About Blind Spots on Trucks
There are millions of people employed as truck drivers in the United States, and that means millions of trucks on the roads and highways. Trucks are notoriously difficult to maneuver around as they are large and take up a lot of space; when passing them other drivers generally want to move by as soon as…
Read MoreSurgical Errors and Nerve Damage
When we go to the hospital or to our doctor, we trust that we are in good hands. These professionals have to go through years of education and training to be where they are now, and they are the only people the public really has available to treat us for our injuries and maladies. Most…
Read More