The doctor has delivered the news. You or your loved one not only has a traumatic brain injury, but also a depressed skull fracture. In other words, part of the skull bone has entered the brain cavity. Risks of Depressed Skull Fractures If the skull…
As a parent of a child with cerebral palsy, you need to consider many different types of rehabilitation therapies for your child. One of the therapies that may be suggested to you by your child’s doctor, a friend, or your own research is speech and…
All children benefit from playing. Through play, children learn how the world works, how to interact with others, how to solve problems, and how to communicate. Play therapy is a type of psychotherapy that uses play to help children overcome a variety of obstacles, including trauma,…
Cancer patients are at an increased risk of developing sepsis. Both the disease and some cancer treatments—such as chemotherapy—make it harder to fight off infection, increasing the likelihood of developing sepsis. Despite this increased risk, nursing homes owe all residents, including residents with cancer, the…
You know what happened. You waited so long for emergency room care that your condition worsened, and you suffered physical injuries that you would not have suffered if you had been appropriately triaged and promptly treated. What you didn’t expect was that the hospital would…
The standard of care you receive in the emergency room should be the same 24/7/365. Emergency rooms have a duty to provide you with reasonable care, no matter what day of the year it is. To do this, emergency rooms must have enough staff to…