On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | Jul 2, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
Pain management has seen significant advances over the years. Intense pain can affect somebody’s mental state and their body’s ability to heal from an injury or illness. Simply put, controlling pain is often key to successfully treating a medical...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | Jun 26, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
Managing the inflow of patients in a modern emergency room is a demanding task. Nurses and other medical professionals have to get very good at identifying those who need help quickly, those who can wait and those who won’t respond to treatment in order to...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | Jun 19, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
You may have heard the term “patient abandonment” before, but what does it really mean — and entail? Patients can be abandoned by physicians and also by nurses. For the purposes of this blog entry, we will focus on patient abandonment by the nursing staff. You may...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | Jun 17, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
No one should have to go through the struggle of dealing with injuries caused by medical errors. Unfortunately, there are many times when patients are left to deal with the consequences of mistakes made by their medical providers. One condition that is often...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | Jun 11, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
It’s an unfortunate fact that some patients are left injured because of items left behind inside them during surgery. Though there are systems in place in most surgical rooms to prevent these errors, many patients still have serious complications from items being left...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | Jun 5, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
Now that you’re in your late 30s, you’ve found that you have some drooping skin and a few wrinkles. You don’t want to see your aging advance too quickly, so you started thinking about getting Botox. Botox is a drug that is made from botulinum toxin type A. This toxin...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | Jun 2, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
Doctors have to think about many things, including their patient’s age, height, weight and medical history before they prescribe a drug. If they get any of this information wrong or don’t calculate dosages correctly, the patient can suffer harm. There are many impacts...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | May 22, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
Patients who are getting medical care expect that their doctor is going to make decisions that help them. They don’t think that they will receive poor care. Unfortunately, substandard care does occur sometimes. The patients who suffer harm because of lax care might...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | May 21, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
Though it is usually elective, plastic surgery is still a major surgical procedure. It can come risks that could lead to serious injury or death. According to USA Today, newer procedures often have more complications. One example is liposuction. In the early days of...
On behalf of Colley Shroyer Abraham | May 19, 2020 | Medical Malpractice
One complaint that people often have about visiting the doctor is that they do not feel like anyone really listens to them. They walk back out to the car with questions that went unanswered or a sense that the doctor does not actually understand their case. There are...
