According to recent patient-safety research by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, medical errors are currently the third leading cause of death in the United States. These errors cause 251,000 deaths each year, more than accidents, Alzheimer’s disease, respiratory disease, and stroke.
One of the main reasons why construction work is so dangerous is because workers often do their jobs at high elevations. This means if equipment fails and safety gear does not work as expected, a worker could suffer a major fall. Falls are a leading cause of injury on construction work sites and are considered to be one of the fatal four, or top four causes of construction fatalities. Just recently, the risks of working at high elevation were made clear by a tragic accident that happened. The incident involved the collapse of a platform. A New York building collapse lawyer can provide help in
New York doctors use different tests and procedures to make a cancer diagnosis. Patients who go to the doctor in order to have a lump checked might not know what the doctor’s visit will entail. General physicians might feel the lump and, if necessary, they might recommend a patient to another facility for further testing. A physician could recommend imaging tests and biopsy and tissue tests.
A driver has been charged with drunk driving after causing a pedestrian accident recently, according to ABC 11. The incident occurred in New York City and the driver caused injuries to multiple pedestrians after jumping the curb. Pedestrians in this accident were on the sidewalk obeying the rules when a driver struck them unexpectedly. Unfortunately, pedestrians often are not at fault for collisions with cars – but they are typically hurt much more seriously in car accidents than motorists in vehicles are since they have no protection. When a pedestrian is hurt, New York City pedestrian accident lawyers can provide representation to the walker or
The 47-year-old owner of a construction company has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and with manslaughter, following a tragic accident at a construction worksite. The construction company owner had two different construction sites in Brooklyn where there were serious safety deficiencies. On one of his construction sites, authorities indicate that he ignored complaints that a retaining wall was not being properly maintained. The retaining wall collapsed, killing an 18-year old laborer and causing two other workers to be injured. It is this death that resulted in the construction site owner facing criminal charges. The case is unusual because often the owners of construction sites
When New York patients need to have a procedure or surgery done to improve their health, they are often most concerned with who their surgeon will be. What they may not realize, however, is that it is the nurses, including surgical and patient nurses, who get to know the patients best.
Parents put their children on school buses with the expectation that the bus driver has been carefully vetted and is an appropriate person to be transporting their children. Unfortunately, this is not necessarily true. As CBS News explains, there is a “stunning lack of oversight” when it comes to school bus drivers. The fact that there are insufficient protections in place to make sure school bus drivers are safe on the roads puts children at risk. When a child is hurt in a school bus accident, the case could be a complicated one – especially if the bus is run by the school district and
Many New Yorkers are aware that misdiagnosis is a major problem in the United States. However, they may not be aware that women are more likely to be misdiagnosed than men.
A video of a heroic rescue at Six Flags Amusement Park went viral recently. The video depicted an amusement park patron in Upstate New York who may have saved the life of a 14-year-old girl. The girl was on a ride called the Sky Ride and she had fallen out of the car that she was riding in and was dangling from the ride. She was holding onto the cart and was 25-feet in the air. A patron at the amusement park saw her dangling from the ride and persuaded her to let go of it. She was then caught by the good samaritan and
