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Construction Laborer Dies, NY Construction Company Owner Charged

The 47-year-old owner of a construction company has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and with manslaughter, following a tragic accident at a construction worksite.  The construction company owner had two different construction sites in Brooklyn where there were serious safety deficiencies.  On one of his construction sites, authorities indicate that he ignored complaints that […]

Anesthesia death rates are rising. Should you be worried?

For decades, death rates with modern medicine have been falling. Medical professionals have more information, more training, better technology and many other advantages. Procedures that were impossible in the not-so-distant past are routine today.

What surgical and office nurses do for patients

When New York patients need to have a procedure or surgery done to improve their health, they are often most concerned with who their surgeon will be. What they may not realize, however, is that it is the nurses, including surgical and patient nurses, who get to know the patients best.

Oversight of School Bus Drivers: Is There Enough?

Parents put their children on school buses with the expectation that the bus driver has been carefully vetted and is an appropriate person to be transporting their children.  Unfortunately, this is not necessarily true. As CBS News explains, there is a “stunning lack of oversight” when it comes to school bus drivers.  The fact that […]

Women are misdiagnosed more often than men

Many New Yorkers are aware that misdiagnosis is a major problem in the United States. However, they may not be aware that women are more likely to be misdiagnosed than men.

Amusement Park Safety Risks

A video of a heroic rescue at Six Flags Amusement Park went viral recently. The video depicted an amusement park patron in Upstate New York who may have saved the life of a 14-year-old girl.  The girl was on a ride called the Sky Ride and she had fallen out of the car that she […]

How to Reduce the Risk of Airplane Accidents in New York

Although airplane accidents in New York are rare, they do occur; and when they do, they can have devastating consequences on the lives of the victims. According to statistics, the probability of getting killed on a non-stop airline flight are 1 in every 29.4 million. The number of fatalities per 1,000,000 flight hours is 12.25, and the rate of survival of passengers in an airline crash is 24%.

Tips to Lower Chances of an Airplane Accident in New York

The fantastic news is that there are a number of things that passengers can do to lower the chances of sustaining a serious burn injury, spinal cord injury, brain injury or fatality in an airplane accident, such as:

FAQs about Construction Accidents

According to the OSHA, there were 4,836 deaths that occurred on the job in 2015 across the United States – 3.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers. This means that on average, there were over 93 deaths each week and over 13 deaths every day. Out of 4,379 worker deaths in private industry, 21.4% or 937 […]

Filing a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit For Retained Surgical Instruments

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According to the NCBI, the incidence of retained surgical objects after surgery is between 0.3 and 1.0 per 1,000 abdominal surgeries, and they take place due to lack of communication and organization between surgical staff during the procedure.

In most cases, the retained surgical objects are surgical instruments and sponges. With over 28 million procedures performed across the United States, it has been estimated that 1,500 cases of retained surgical instruments occur each year.

What is Involved in Retained Surgical Instrument Cases?