During child labor, it is absolutely critical that the practicing physician monitors the unborn baby’s heart rate, as appropriate monitoring is the only way to measure the baby’s relative health. If the heart rate is too high (tachycardia), too low (bradycardia) or there are any other signs of fetal distress that are not promptly addressed,…Read More >>
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Misread EKG’s and Heart Attacks – It Happens
Did you know that approximately 1.5 million heart attacks occur in the United States every year with 11,000 of them being improperly diagnosed? That means that our trusted teams of health providers and medical professionals are overlooking some very serious and also some very mild heart attack symptoms, causing a critical delay in diagnosis. This…Read More >>
Errors in Anesthesia: What You Need to Know
During childbirth, it is the responsibility of the anesthesiologist to assess the condition of the woman in labor and her unborn child. He or she must then determine the best way to achieve a healthy birth while managing and minimizing pain for the laboring mother. An incorrect dosage or improper administration of medication can have…Read More >>
How to Tell if Your Delayed Emergency Room Treatment is Medical Malpractice
Emergency rooms across the nation have exceedingly long wait times for patients in urgent need of medical attention. According to the Center for Quality Measurement and Reporting of the Maryland Health Care Commission, the average wait time for an emergency room patient to be admitted is about four and a half hours. In Maryland, the…Read More >>
The Occurrence of Cerebral Palsy in U.S. Hospitals
As disturbing as it may be for us to ponder, we sometimes find ourselves subject to medical malpractices. Because human error is still as much a part of our reality as ever, cases of birth injuries and other medical misfortunes plague us to this day. According to a statistic from the United Cerebral Palsy, a…Read More >>