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Revealing Articles on Car Accidents, Medical Negligence, Nursing Home Abuse and Child Injuries Whether In Daytona Beach, Deltona, Palm Coast, Deland or Orlando

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Car Accidents:

  • Quick Tips for Handling Your Own Florida Car Accident Settlement   
    Description: If you want to become informed about settling your own accident claim, then read this article.
  • How Do I Get A Copy Of My Accident Report?   
    Description: To obtain a copy of the Long Form Accident/Crash Report call the police department first in the city where the accident occurred and ask the current charge for the Long Form Accident Report. Police departments, sheriff department and Florida Highway Patrol have different charges to obtain a copy of the Long Form Accident Report.
  • Post-traumatic Arthritis and Car accidents.   
    Description: Car Accidents can cause post-traumatic arthritis. If you have been in a car accident, read this article so that you can become informed about post-traumatic arthritis. You don't want to settle your case without determining if you accident has increased your risk for developing post traumatic arthritis.
  • Parental responsibility for a minor child's negligence for car accidents in Florida.   
    Description: What is a parent's responsibility for a minor child's negligence in Florida car accidents? Generally parents are not responsible for a childs negligence, but there are many exceptions to that general rule. Find out some of the intricate laws in Florida on this topic.
  • Traffic laws at intersections, what do you need to know?   
    Description: Daytona Beach Car accident lawyer summarizes the traffic laws that apply to intersections. Read and understand the laws to keep you and your family safe.

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Medical Malpractice:

  • Mishandled Intravenous Lines Can Be Deadly   
    Description: Intravenous (IV) lines can save or kill a patient depending on how they are used. Usually, IV therapy is one of the safest and most effective treatment protocols that doctors have at their disposal. However, in the hands of a careless, tired or overworked doctor or nurse, IV lines can kill. Proper identification and treatment of possible air embolisms are critical to prevent unnecessary medical injury or death.
  • Doctors Claim Gallbladder Surgery Mistake Result of "Optical Illusion"   
    Description: The top surgeons in this country have never made the mistake of mistakenly cutting the bile duct in a laparoscopic gallbladder surgery because they use proper technique. If the mistake was caused by an optical illusion, don't you think some of our top surgeons would have experienced this optical illusion?
  • Misdiagnosed Heart Attack: What Doctors Should Have Done   
    Description: A 29-year-old male experienced strong chest pain and severe shortness of breath accompanied by shooting pain down his left arm. Classic signs of a heart attack - but in a man so young? Now his life expectancy is significantly lowered and he cannot even walk up a flight of stairs without suffering shortness of breath. Had the doctors simply observed him for 24 hours as the conservative standard of care calls for, this tragic injury may have been prevented.
  • Doctor Office Employee's Medical Advice Leads To Severe Stroke   
    Description: This example illustrates how a doctor's oversight combined with poor follow-up to cause tragedy. A 72-year-old man underwent surgery to replace his pacemaker. He had been taking the prescription blood thinner Coumadin for many years before the surgery. However, a doctor's mistake caused the patient's discharge orders to omit a prescription for Coumadin or any other blood thinning medicine.
  • Case Study: Delayed Diagnosis of Cerebral Aneurysm/Subarachnoid Hemorrhage   
    Description: Experts opined that she entered the hospital with a sentinel bleed, which is an early warning sign of the possibility a greater bleed may follow. She required an immediate CT scan. If she would have been transferred earlier had the diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage had been made earlier, then the second, greater bleed could possibly have been prevented.

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