If you suffer an injury due to someone else’s misconduct, you can always file a personal injury lawsuit. If someone else’s misconduct kills you, however, you cannot sue anyone. So, what are the options? In Oregon, as well as elsewhere in the United States, it is...
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5 reasons people don’t trust their doctors
Do you trust your doctor with your life? You may feel like you have to, when a serious illness or injury strikes, but the reality is that more and more people do not fully trust their physicians. Below are five reasons that have been noted: Doctors have to create...
6 examples of serious medical mistakes
You expect your doctor to be a professional and give you excellent treatment. Unfortunately, the reality is that doctors make mistakes all of the time. Some reports indicate that these result in millions of injuries annually and around 250,000 deaths. Below are a few...
Study: 20,000 kids visit emergency room after sledding annually
According to one study, that fun afternoon of winter sledding may be more dangerous than you realized. Around 20,000 children wind up in the emergency room every year after getting hurt on the slopes. Below are some of the key statistics from the report: In 26 percent...
Many medication errors stem from name confusion
Medication errors have many avoidable causes. A doctor may simply read a chart improperly and give out the wrong drug, the wrong dose or the proper drug and dose to the wrong patient. To better understand this, researchers carried out a study to see exactly why...
5 reasons mislabeled drugs are very dangerous products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that drugs with improper labels can be very dangerous. These incorrect labels could identify the medication as something other than what is actually in the container, for instance. The label could also tell a person to take...
3 important dog bite statistics
Even something as simple as going for a jog through your own neighborhood can become frightening when other people don't take proper care of their pets. Off-leash dogs may charge, bark, and even bite when they see you approaching what they think of as their territory....
If you’re injured during a hotel crime is the hotel liable?
Someone breaks into your hotel room with the intent of robbing you. You've put your valuables in the safe, though, so they can't get to them quickly. You come back during the robbery. The thief knocks you down while fleeing from the room and you hurt your back. Is the...
The 2 main types of multitasking and medical risks
Multitasking is very common in the medical community. It's also very problematic. It can lead directly to serious errors and medical malpractice. It puts patients at risk. There are two different types of multitasking that must be considered. Both can be dangerous,...
Stress leads to a cycle of medical mistakes
The medical field is bound to be stressful. Lives are on the line. Decisions have to be made quickly. Mistakes can get doctors fired. Many take this on and live in this world every day. For others, the stress gets to be too much. It can lead to a cycle of mistakes...