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Former high school football player sues high school over personal injury

Apr 11, 2011

I don't want to stop football, but I do want to stop [brain trauma] from happening to other kids," said a mother who is dealing with the after-effects of her son's brain trauma believe to be caused by his participation in high school football. Her 19-year-old son and former high school football player sued the Highlands School District in federal court last Thursday for personal injury. The former football player alleges that he still experiences...

If you get seriously injured, get injured on a weekend

Mar 24, 2011

If you suffer a personal injury, you may want to get injured on the weekend. According to a recent study, patients who suffer injuries serious enough to be admitted into a hospital's trauma center fare better when they are admitted on the weekend in comparison to being admitted on a weekday. The phenomenon is known as the "weekend effect" and occurs between Friday night and Monday mornings. Hospital trauma centers are required to have the...

To educate young drivers Beauty Queen shares her story

Mar 22, 2011

Miss South Dakota, Loren Vaillancourt, is helping to lead an effort to educate young drivers on the dangers of distracted driving. She has teamed up with the Department of Transportation's and Consumer Reports' joint educational effort. In addition, she also leads her own discussions and talks about her personal experience with distracted driving. In doing so, she talks about how she lost her younger brother to a car accident caused by distracted driving. Two years...

Audit of Excela Health finds patients received medically unnecessary stents

Mar 16, 2011

Conducted to prevent medical malpractice exposure, an audit of the Excela Health hospital system revealed that 141 patients in 2010 received 149 coronary stent implants that may not have been medically necessary. As a result, the hospital system is providing free assistance to patients who were affected and is also providing advice to those who have concerns about their heart health. Two cardiologists who performed the unnecessary procedures have been released from the staff of...

Trucker to spend time in jail for deadly 2008 crash

Feb 28, 2011

A trucker from Illinois that caused a deadly truck accident in eastern Pennsylvania in 2008 will spend at least five months in jail for the accident. The truck driver pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving and a misdemeanor in January. The trucker caused a highway crash when the cargo container he was hauling struck an overpass on Route 22. The cargo container fell off the truck and crashed into an SUV driven by a...

New test helps identify concussion in minutes

Feb 22, 2011

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have helped develop a new test that can detect a concussion in a matter of minutes. The new test analyzes eye movement in order to detect brain injury. The new exam can be completed in two minutes and the new test can be used by sports trainers or other medical professionals on the sidelines of sporting event. Researchers say the test should not replace in-depth analysis of whether a...

Professional Football Helps Protect Young Athletes

Jan 18, 2011

You may not expect that the National Football League is an organization with lobbyist pull in state capitals around the country. But they are, and they are lobbying for the safety and the prevention of personal injury for young athletes. The National Football League is assisting legislators in states across the country to develop rules that guard young athletes against the health consequences of concussions. The professional football league has taken what it has learned...

Medical Malpractice Claim Filed for Partially Disinfected Colonoscopy

Jan 14, 2011

A hospital in Bend, Oregon is being sued for medical malpractice because hospital workers failed to fully sanitize a colonoscopy scope between multiple patients' colonoscopy exams. The hospital has recognized that it did not employ every step in a six step automated cleaning process, and as many as 18 colonoscopy procedures were conducted before hospital workers discovered the problem. The CEO of the hospital acknowledged in a letter that a programming error in the automated...

Dallas Hartman Establishes Dallas Helps Safe Kids

Jan 10, 2011

Dallas Helps Safe Kids was created by Dallas Hartman as a way to give back to the communities where he practices law. The goal is to prevent injuries to children through education and the distribution of safety devices. As a personal injury lawyer, Dallas Hartman has seen the devastation caused by serious injuries. Injuries to children can affect an entire community, especially when that injury could have been prevented. Safe Kids Erie Using the motto...

Handheld Tool Being Developed to Catch Concussions

Jan 5, 2011

A new handheld medical tool is being developed to catch concussions and other personal injury related to the head. The new tool could prove especially useful for athletes or for people who have suffered injuries in a car accident. The technology of the new portable device is also focused on diagnosing mild traumatic brain injury which is among the most difficult injuries to diagnose. Though mild traumatic brain injury may not sound serious, mild brain...