Did you know that physical injuries are the leading cause of death for children under 19, with higher rates for children under the age of 1? For a parent, whose number one priority is to keep their children safe and healthy, that can be a startling statistic.
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A six-month-old baby boy was recently admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital for a routine sleep study. Within an hour of starting the study, the baby suffered a fatal brain injury. To read an account of that critical hour is equally incredibly frustrating and incredibly heartbreaking as hospital staff seemingly ignored the baby in medical distress
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Finally, summer is upon us – time for kids to enjoy the warm weather and the outdoors, perhaps by attending summer camp or going to the municipal or hotel pool. But, just how safe is your child when it comes to enjoying the water away from home? The answer might surprise you. We cannot stress
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If you are feeling the world is less safe than it used to be this is likely due to the increased number of news stories on various types of system failures. Take the many recent close calls between moving planes on runways across the country that prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to open a
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You may have seen the news about a Home Depot customer in Colorado who was bitten in the face by a dog brought into the store by its owner and, ironically, a dog trainer. The customer was seriously injured and while employees were taking care of her, the owner and trainer were quickly exiting the
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In November of 2021, 14-year-old Alice Tapper, daughter of well-known journalist Jake Tapper, began experiencing severe abdominal pain, chills, and vomiting. At the direction of her pediatrician, she went to her local hospital for the treatment of likely appendicitis. The hospital physicians ruled out appendicitis (because her pain was throughout her entire abdomen not just
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“Prenatal care” is often associated with the medical care needed to promote the health of the unborn baby. Prenatal care often includes the pregnant person taking needed dietary supplements, attending regular doctor visits, and undergoing ultrasounds and other routine testing and evaluations to ensure the baby is developing and growing appropriately. What is equally as
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As an institution, the public rightfully expects a hospital to require its medical staff to provide good care to achieve the best possible outcome for its patients. The public also expects that when good care is not provided resulting in a bad patient outcome, the hospital takes accountability and takes appropriate action to minimize the
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Even though doctors are highly trained professionals, they are not always right. They can and do make the wrong diagnosis. While there is no definitive number as to how often doctors are wrong, what is definitive is that it occurs more frequently than it should. For instance, one study estimates just the outpatient diagnostic error
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You may be surprised at where you are actually going. You are in the hospital and told that you are being transferred to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for further therapy and care before going home. You may envision a specialized, well-staffed facility? The truth, however, may surprise you. Your destination could well be a nursing
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