Families in Ohio sometimes lose a loved one unexpectedly. Strokes and heart attacks can claim otherwise healthy individuals, and accidental death remains an issue for people of all ages. However, the deaths that some people call accidental are often anything but an...
Medical providers aren’t immune to making mistakes. Unfortunately, those mistakes can quickly put a person’s life in danger or cause them serious injuries. Making a mistake on the dosage of a medication, providing too much of the medication or even prescribing the...
"The right of trial by jury shall be inviolate." Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. The clear language of Ohio's Constitution holds that the right to jury trial shall not be infringed, yet the Ohio Legislature has continuously and...
The elderly and patients with paralysis or other illnesses may not be able to move around as much as they once did. They may be bedbound or in a wheelchair for many hours a day. They might need help to roll over or move in any way. Unfortunately, when one area of the...
Opiate medication revolutionized the medical world more than a century ago. Synthetic opioids that use the same biological processes as naturally derived opiates have created a second revolution in modern pain management practices. Modern opioid drugs are more...
Forceps are a medical tool. They’re essentially a large pair of tweezers or pincers that the medical provider may use to encircle a baby’s head while assisting in the delivery of the child. While using this tool could be important and necessary in some circumstances,...
Most people won’t go to the emergency room for a stomachache. For those patients who see their general practitioners, medications might be prescribed to treat reflux or other common conditions. Unfortunately, sometimes stomach pain can be referred and may be a symptom...
If you will be driving around other vehicles, one of the things you have to look out for is entering into a blind spot. A vehicle’s blind spot is the area where the driver can’t easily see others along the back, sides or front of the vehicle. The mirrors may miss an...
The opioid crisis is one that has hit Ohio hard. There are many people now dealing with an opioid addiction who may have been struggling to deal with pain or other medical issues in the past. Overprescribing opiate drugs was the main cause of this epidemic, and...
In theory, the integration of computers into medical settings protects patients from human error. Any physician or staff member can quickly reference records and diagnostic results with the click of a button. Scanning barcodes before administering medication can...
