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• President Bush Trying To Station A Fox In Another Hen House

  Bob Carroll | January 23, 2006 1:14 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Bush OSHA nominee heads firm specializing in union busting. David Sirota, Sirotablog, posts about this latest proof of Bush's desire to put a fox in every government henhouse. If every agency of our federal government were to be headed by incompetents or persons dedicated to its failure we would be in serious trouble. People would come to consider government agencies like the FDA, FEMA and...

• A Podcast For Docs With Internet-Savvy Patients

  Bob Carroll | January 22, 2006 7:39 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  I have to say that listening to this audio file, a Podcast, makes me feel like an eavesdropper. It is entitled A Patient, an Internet Article, and Thou: Challenges of the Internet in Clinical Practice and gives doctors tips on dealing with knowledgeable patients: This podcast addresses issues a physician should consider when responding to medical research gathered by a patient from the...

• Study Shows Hospital Nursing Staff Shortages May Cause 6,700 Patient Deaths Each Year

  Bob Carroll | January 22, 2006 5:19 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A report on ABC News highlights the injuries and deaths caused each year by short-handed hospital nursing staffs. The tragic outcome of inadequate nursing care for patient Shirley Keck, which has resulted in a jury verdict of $2.7 Million against the hospital, is said to be the only successful malpractice lawsuit against a hospital citing inadequate nursing. But, the report believes the...

• Intravenous Catheter Valve Found To Be Source Of Hospital Infections

  Bob Carroll | January 21, 2006 6:17 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Put this down as one step forward and two steps back. A defective medical device, intended to improve patient safety, has turned out to be the source of serious hospital infections. Rigorous attention to patient safety and monitoring for unexpected spikes in bloodstream infection rates at The Johns Hopkins Hospital led a team of Hopkins specialists to uncover an unintended, surprising safety...

• Botox Injections And Skin Resurfacing - Who Do You Trust?

  Bob Carroll | January 21, 2006 5:36 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Some medical societies are speaking out about Dangers Of Unlicensed Personnel Performing Medical Cosmetic Procedures In Non-clinical Settings according to an article posted at Medical News Today. Personally, spas are for mud packs and hot baths. When I have my skin resurfaced or my lips botoxed I will be seeing a licensed medical provider.Cosmetic procedures, including tissue filler...

• "You'll Have To Sue Me To Find Out"

  Bob Carroll | January 20, 2006 11:50 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A woman becomes a quadruple amputee after giving birth Just reading the headline makes someone want to look into the facts. But, getting the facts from medical providers is not easy.How can something like this happen? The hospital claims that she had Streptococcus, a flesh eating bacteria, but they never told her how she got it and if they could have done something else.The woman filed a...

• Medication Errors High In Radiology Departments

  Bob Carroll | January 20, 2006 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Radiology Departments in hospitals seem to have trouble avoiding mistakes in medications according to the Bonita Daily News:A trip to the radiology department for a diagnostic test or procedure, such as an angioplasty or MRI, may be riskier than once thought, based on findings of medication errors connected to radiology departments.Patients are at greater risk for a harmful medication error...

• Teen Drivers Kill Others

  Bob Carroll | January 20, 2006 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Every parent worries that their teenager who drives could be killed in an automobile accident. It turns out that the teenage driver is far more likely to kill pedestrians or other drivers. The full story is reported in the Star-Telegram:Nearly two-thirds of the victims in fatal crashes involving young drivers are passengers, pedestrians or people in other vehicles, according to an analysis...

• Stealing Gas Leads To Auto Collision Which Leads To Pain Medication Which Leads To Wrongful Death

  Bob Carroll | January 19, 2006 5:19 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The trail that lawyers for injured victims must take to obtain just compensation is sometimes difficult, complicated and long. I have to commend the excellent work of Plaintiff's counsel in one Florida Wrongful Death case. The case, DAVIS v. BRUHASPATI, INC., 1D05-2378 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 2005), is the subject of an appellate court opinion - excerpts are below. Carter is the bad guy who stole...

• You Can ASK GARY...Or, You Could ASK KOBY, ASK JERY Or Even ASK DAVE

  Bob Carroll | January 18, 2006 6:24 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Three years of television commercials throughout Tampa Bay telling us to call ASK GART when we are injured have spawned some copycats. Suddenly, there are commercials reminding us that we should ASK-KOBY or ASK-JERY or even ASK-DAVE. So, who's a person to ASK?GARY thinks all this ASKing is confusing to injured people so he has gone to court to block KOBY and JERY. The Tampa Tribune carries...