Whether you’re in a car or a truck, hydroplaning is a terrifying experience because you are unable to control your vehicle for however long it occurs — and even a few seconds at high speeds can spell disaster on the roadways. Hydroplaning can occur even in relatively small amounts of water — it just has to be more water than…
Nursing homes in Ohio deal with a variety of issues, but none is perhaps as pervasive and intense as chronic understaffing. In fact, this problem could be the difference between life and death. A recent article on Cleveland.com highlights the problem, and this post will touch on some of the most distressing aspects. Patients suffering One of the care centers…
In a nutshell, informed consent is your right to know enough information about your own medical condition and the risks of any medical procedure you are about to have in order to make an educated decision about whether or not you want to proceed. It sounds simple enough, right? Unfortunately, patients are often handed a sheet of paper that lists…
Summer is here, bringing sunshine and outdoor celebrations. Yet with it also comes hazards for those on the road. It may not seem like summer would be dangerous, but according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, more accidents occur during the summer months than during the winter ones. However, drivers are not the only ones who have to worry.…
When you think about nursing home neglect or abuse, sexual abuse is probably not the first thing that comes to mind — but it’s a grim reality for some patients. Once thought to be rare, evidence is slowly surfacing that indicates the sexual abuse of nursing home residents is horrifyingly common. Perhaps even worse, those in positions of power and…
Could a simple alteration to the average semi change the odds of survival for the occupants of a car when the semi and the car collide? Thanks to innovations and design, regulations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and oversight by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), passenger cars have become safer than ever. Most passenger vehicles…
If you have an existing doctor-patient relationship, your doctor has a duty to make certain that you receive any critical, ongoing care that you need. Failing to do so is considered patient abandonment — which is a type of medical malpractice. Patient abandonment can be obvious — when your doctor suddenly drops you from his or her practice without adequate…
No doubt you have heard stories about people whose social media posts came back to hurt them. For example, maybe a friend of yours works in hiring and routinely does not call in people for interviews if their social media profiles show them regularly partying or using drugs. Social media can also be harmful if you were in a car…
In Ohio, one danger that’s becoming increasingly common among those employed outdoors is Lyme disease. Lyme disease is spread to humans from the bite of carrier ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. Until fairly recently, the risk of an Ohio worker contracting the disease was relatively small — but the carrier ticks have now been found in at least 66…