HOBOKEN: Train Engineer Thomas Gallagher Injured In Train Accident That Killed One Person And Injured More Than 100
FATAL ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY (September 29, 2016) A train crash in Hoboken has killed one person and injured several others, according to CBS news. Investigators are saying that the train’s breaking system may have played a role in the crash. The train approached the station at a high rate of speed and […]
When to seek a second opinion
While New Yorkers likely have trusting relationships with their doctors, there are certain times when they should seek second opinions to make certain that the diagnosis or treatment regimen that has been proposed is appropriate. Health care practitioners sometimes make diagnostic or treatment mistakes, which can cause serious repercussions for patients.
Why are designated bike lanes safer than riding with traffic?
The question of which is safer, to ride with traffic or in a designated bike lane, is one that has been debated for more than a decade. Even a 1999 Federal Highway Administration study was not enough to bring about a consensus on the issue, despite the fact that the study confirmed bike lanes were safer than riding with traffic or on the shoulder.
Medical error as a cause of excessive deaths
Medical errors can cover a wide variety of situations. The wrong medication dose could be given to a patient, or a nick from a scalpel during surgery could cause internal bleeding or neurological injury. Surprisingly, the majority of errors take place in connection with visits to a physician’s office rather than in the context of hospital stays. However, the number of such errors annually makes this the third leading cause of death in the nation. New York healthcare professionals may need to consider some important issues related to medical errors in order to turn the statistical tide.
State of New York is Providing Grants to Prevent Workplace Injuries
Prevention of workplace injuries is very important to employers, employees and the public at large. If a worker gets hurt or a worker is killed on the job, the employee and his family suffer tremendous loss. Employers also experience financial harm, in the form of workers’ compensation injury claims and loss of productivity, as well […]
HOBOKEN: Fabiola Bittar de Kroon Killed In Commuter Train Accident When Train Crashed Through New Jersey’s Transit’s Hoboken Terminal
FATAL ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY (September 29, 2016) A speeding commuter train killed at least one person and injured over 100 after it crashed into a train terminal, according to NBC.com Authorities have been able to identify the woman that was killed in the crash as Fabiola Bittar de Kroon. Fabiola Bittar de Kroon was […]
Speed Limiters: Could They Lower the Risk of Truck Accidents?
Truck accidents are more likely to happen when trucks are traveling too fast on the roads, especially because trucks have a lot of momentum and long stopping distances due to their size. Truck accidents which occur at high speeds are also more likely to be serious or even fatal because the higher speed means there […]
Possibility of mixing up patient identities too high
Workers in New York hospitals might make errors because of confusion about patient identities. When the ECRI Institute analyzed 7,613 wrong-patient incidents voluntarily supplied by 181 health care organizations around the country, patient identification errors took place at all levels, including among physicians, nurses, transporters, lab technicians and pharmacists.
Drowsy Driving: It Causes Billions in Property Damage
Drowsy driving is having serious consequences nationwide. Lives are being lost, and billions of dollars’ worth of damage are occurring. Drowsy drivers are unsafe drivers because they are impaired in many of the same ways that motorists who are drunk are impaired. An intoxicated motorist has impaired judgment, delayed reactions, and is more likely to […]
Why imaging scans do not always reveal hernias
New York residents might be interested to know that the 2016 Americas Hernia Society shed light on ways for medical professionals to better diagnosis inguinal hernias found in the small and large bowels of patients. CT scans diagnosed only seven percent of occult hernias and 25 percent of palpable inguinal hernias while MRIs found 33 percent of occult hernias and 41 percent of palpable hernias.