People in Washington State who consent to undergo planned surgeries should receive a thorough explanation of what will take place during their operations, especially if they are expected to be sedated and not awake during the events. This knowledge and overview may...
A major surgical error occurs when a surgeon fails to perform his or her duties according to generally accepted standards of good medical practice. At Miracle, Pruzan & Pruzan, we agree with hospital administrators and employees who refer to major surgical...
When you go in for an operation at your local Washington hospital, you want to feel secure that your surgery staff will properly administer any medication they need to give you so that you may complete the operation without a problem. However, as Elcam Medical points...
Most people in Washington State have heard reports about mistakes made during operations that have resulted in severe harm or even death to patients. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicates that these types of errors can often be classified into one...
Washington residents who need organ transplants are aware of the fact that these operations are very intensive. The recovery period afterward can be a long and difficult road, too. However, there are certainly some things that can make recovery harder, such as errors...
When most people in Washington hear about medical errors, the focus is typically on a mistake of a doctor or surgeon, or something they failed to do, such as diagnose a patient correctly. But there are many medical professionals in an operating room, and any of them...
Residents in Washington State who may need to have surgery or who have relatives in need of surgery have reason to be concerned about their safety as well as the outcomes of the operation. It can be helpful for patients and their family members to be informed about...
To say that something should never happen may seem quite drastic (after all, human error has to be accounted for in almost any situation, right?). However, in certain areas, that should not be an unrealistic expectation. Healthcare is certainly one of them. Many of...
If an error occurs during a medical procedure in Washington, you may first think about how you have been affected by this event. You may not always consider the affect it has on your surgeon. However, your surgeon can be deeply affected by surgical errors.According to...
If you are like many people who live in Washington State, when you hear about or think about a medical malpractice claim, you may automatically think about a doctor or a surgeon as being the individuals against which an action has been initiated. While certainly...