Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions that harm hospitalized children have gotten more publicity since the case involving Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins in 2007. Quaid’s twins were given 1,000 times the common dosage of a blood thinner at the hospital. This case is…
After a surgical procedure, the last thing on your mind is whether or not the surgical team removed all of the instruments used during the procedure. You probably didn’t imagine the possibility that a sponge or surgical instrument could have been left inside your body…
If you have been in a car accident in Kentucky, you need to be aware of the symptoms of whiplash. Whiplash is a common injury resulting from a car crash, when one vehicle rear ends another. A whiplash injury can be defined as a hyper-extension…
Bed sores are also called decubitus ulcers, pressure ulcers, or pressure sores. These tender or inflamed patches develop when skin covering a weight-bearing part of the body is squeezed between bone and another body part, or a bed, chair, splint, or other hard object. Bed…