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When respiratory conditions are really asthma

New York residents may be interested to know that according to a study done by researchers at GlaxoSmithKline, nearly 33 percent of patients diagnosed with a respiratory disease may have in fact had asthma. Failing to diagnose asthma in patients in a timely manner could result in future complications for patients or even death. Data was collected from 2,090 patients who completed the European Community Respiratory Health Survey.

Improving the safety of medication administration

While medication is meant to help people with pain, injuries and illnesses, it is also causing adverse affects to patients in New York and around the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 700,000 people around the country make medication-related emergency hospital visits each year. For these reasons, it is important that medical personnel are familiar with the federal regulations regarding the administration of medication, as outlined by the CDC.

Family petitions Supreme Court in birth injury malpractice claim

When the father of a girl who was born with birth defects sued the federal government for medical malpractice, the courts dismissed it based on the Feres doctrine. For New York readers who are not aware, the Feres doctrine keeps members of the armed forces and their families from filing injury claims against the federal government when the injuries occur during military duty.

Do You Do Windows?

When individuals who don’t live in New York City think about the city, they’re likely to picture big, tall, towering buildings and workers scaling great heights to use squeegees on all of those windows that go up so many stories. In fact, a lot of people visiting the city remark on this amazing kind of […]

Sharp fall in malpractice awards against anesthesiologists

New York residents may be aware that the amount of damages associated with medical malpractice cases involving anesthesiologists can sometimes be significant. When anesthesia is not administered correctly, patients can be left in the nightmare situation of being aware and able to feel pain yet not capable of moving or alerting operating room staff of their situation. Researchers with the National Practitioner Data Bank studied malpractice lawsuits involving anesthesiologists between 2005 and 2013, and they found that the compensation paid in these cases fell significantly during this period.

Serviceable Ropes for Hoists

Most of those who do tough construction and trades jobs in New York have never read the entire New York labor law, and they may not recognize the wide spectrum of rules that state officials have put in place to protect them. Experienced New York work injury lawyers understand that there are many laws in […]

The Rules Pertaining to Hand-Propelled Vehicles

When most of us think safety, we don’t think about hand trucks or carts. Regardless, New York labor law does have some specific provisions built into its code to manage how these sorts of tools are used, in an effort to protect workers. Tool safety is a vital part of work safety, and the two […]

Safety culture in a hospital setting affects surgery results

A New York patient may be nervous about surgery because of the risks that can be associated with a given procedure. The outcome can also be affected by factors outside of the operating room. An individual might select a given surgeon because of their skills, but the care provided after surgery is over is also crucial in a patient’s recovery. The non-technical aspects of a hospital experience are referred to as the safety culture.

Steepest Slopes Allowed in NY Construction

When it comes to work injury cases, people often think about the most obvious kinds of hazards, including defective equipment, falls from high places and chemical exposure. But there are many aspects to New York labor law that provide worker safety, some of which concern things that people might not generally think about on construction […]