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Summer 2011 Topics Presented: Anticoagulants: Life Saving and Lethal; New Staffing Guidelines in Labor & Delivery; Not all Pressure Ulcers are Preventable.
Spring 2011 Topics Presented: Diagnostic Errors; Communication Guidelines for Radiology; Hospitalized Patient Safety Has Not Improved; Some Appendicitis May Be Treated with Antibiotics: References for Fall Cases.
Winter 2011 Topics Presented: Catastrophic Consequences of Spinal Epidural Hematomas; Watch out for Robitussin DM.
Summer 2010 Topics Presented: Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries; Use of an Unusual Expert in Death Cases; Wound Vacuums Lead to Deaths and Injuries; New Recommendations for Stroke Treatment.
Spring 2010 Topics Presented: Surviving Sepsis; Mock Trials in the Internet Age.
Winter 2010 Topics Presented: Prescribing of Antibiotics to Prevent Surgical Infections; Drugs in the News: Levaquin and Yaz; A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words.
Fall 2009 Topics Presented: Never Events and Denied Payments Institute Change; Medical Record Retrieval; Drugs in the News: Darvocet, Darvon and Chantix, Zyban.
Summer 2009 Topics Presented: Hospital Acquired Infections and Prevention Strategies
Spring 2009 Topics Presented: Improving the Care of Stroke Patients; Accidental Overdoses with Methadone; Understanding Psychiatric Diagnosis
Winter 2009 Topics Presented: The Safe Medical Devices Act in a Nutshell; Clues in Medical Billing; Medical Abbreviations Reference
Fall 2008 Topics Presented: Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis; Acute Abdominal Pain [When to refer to a surgeon]; Insurance Companies Deny Payment for Avoidable Medical Errors
Summer 2008 Topics Presented : Orthopedic Assessments in Nursing; Compartment Syndrome: An Orthopedic Emergency; Delayed Defibrillation in Cardiac Arrest
Spring 2008 Topics Presented: Revised Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines; Decision to Incision:Challenging the 30 Minute Rule; FDA News regarding Haldol; Improving Hospital Care for Surgical Patients
Winter 2008 Topics Presented: Medical Malpractice in Trauma Care and the "5 Million Lives Campaign"
Fall 2007 Topics Presented: Animation: A Powerful and Persuasive Demonstrative Tool and Your LNCs Role in Product Liability Cases
Summer 2007 Topics Presented: New Rules for Restraint Use; MRI More Sensitive than CT; Medical Errors Commonly Reported by Family Physicians; One Word Change in CMS Regs
Spring 2007 Topics Presented: Sudden Death and Duragesic Patches; Sentinel Event Alert: Tubing Misconnections; Tools to Save Time in Your Practice
Winter 2007 Topics Presented: Understanding Lupus; New Heart Attack Guidelines in the News specifically the Late Use of Stents and a Push for More Rapid Angioplasties; Nurses voted most honest and ethical profession for 8th straight year
Fall 2006 Topics Presented: Understanding Burns, Pain & Suffering Report on Burn Patient Brings Record Settlement (click here to see excerpts of the report used).
Summer 2006 Topic Presented: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: A Medical-Legal Challenge
Spring 2006 Topics Presented: Teleradiology, Are Jurors Listening to Expert Witnesses, JCAHO: Improved Communication, Google News Alerts
Winter 2006 Topics presented: Winning with Electronic Discovery, Smart Draw, Study: Older Doctors Not Staying Current
Fall 2005 Topics presented: Why Use a LNC, Helpful Resources for Your Law Practice, Missing Information Could Lead to Errors and Delay in Treatment
Summer 2005 Topics presented: Tylenol Toxicity; Save Money with Digitized X-rays; Wrongful Birth Lawsuit; Orthopedic Terminology.
Spring 2005 Topics presented: Increase Your Settlements with Pain & Suffering Reports; Favorite Resources; Complete Hospital Medical Records; New Fetal Monitor Presentation Software.
Winter 2005 Topics presented: Locating Qualified Experts, Should Physicians Testify Against a Nurse; Evaluating Medical Web sites.
Fall 2004 Topics presented: Facts about Strokes and Falls (statistics, risk factors, what should be assessed after a fall).
Summer 2004 Topics presented: Pre-hypertension; Your LNC and Depositions; Potential for Errors with Look Alike/Sound Alike Medication.
Spring 2004 Topics presented: Junk Science in Whiplash Injuries; Low Speech Crash Analogies.
Winter 2003 Topics presented: Negligent Credentialing; Credentialing Practices Survey; Universal Protocol to Prevent Wrong Site Surgery.
Fall 2003 Topics Presented: Understanding Increased Intracranial Pressure; Legal Nurse Consulting Certification.
Summer 2003 Topics Presented: Newborn Brain Injury Update; Leading Medication Errors in the ER; New Test for Detection of Heart Attacks
Medical-legal articles written by other professionals
v Primer On Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery and Injury To the Biliary Tract, by Thomas T. Dunbar, Esq. This medico-legal article explains the Laparoscopic gall bladder surgery and the proper technique to avoid injury.
v Why Injuries Occur in Low Speed Collisions, by John Smith, PE, MSBMY, MSEE http://www.rpsa.biz/
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