Year: 2017
A 28-year-old man in Antioch, Illinois was arrested on October 8th, 2017, after a firework accident at a party he attended. The young man had brought fireworks with him to the party, and a woman lit one thinking it was a candle. The explosive went off in her hand, requiring
Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland has issued a call to the EPA to begin enforcing regulations on Chlorosulfonic Acid after an accident in Baltimore exposed hundreds of people to the dangerous substance. The accident, which resulted in a vapor cloud that affected an entire neighborhood, drew calls from local residents
A Canton, Ohio teenager is dead after a skateboarding accident on October 3rd, 2017. The 16-year-old was hanging out with friends, holding onto a car while riding his board, when something went wrong. He fell and struck his head. The young man was not wearing a helmet at the time
It has only been a few months since the terrible accident at the Ohio State Fair, but already memories of that awful tragedy are beginning to fade. People are flocking back to amusement parks, State Fairs, and other places where thrill rides are offered. Many of these are static locations,
It’s been over three years since Angel Rivera was left to die in the waiting room of the ER at Lincoln Hospital in New York. On July 19th, 2014, Mr. Rivera was brought in after suffering a head injury. Head injuries are recognized by medical professionals as particularly dangerous, in
Colonoscopies are recommended for routine cancer screening for Americans over the age of 50. Millions of these procedures are performed every year. During a colonoscopy, a long thin tube called an endoscope is inserted into the rectum, then navigated by a surgeon until it reaches the colon. Once there, a
If you were to sit down and design the most unsafe situation for a passenger on a tour bus, you would look at three things: the driver, the bus, and the environment. Evaluating each, you would determine what details each might possess that would increase the risk of a dangerous
Selling false hope to people suffering from significant medical issues is nothing new. “Snake oil salesmen” traveled the Old West, peddling miracle cures that were often little more than alcohol mixed with whatever random substances the salesman had. These “cures” never actually cured anything, but they made the huckster enough
IV infiltration is insidious. Many times, the doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals are completely unaware it has happened until serious damage has been done to the patient. IV infiltration occurs when the IV fluids being administered leak into surrounding tissue either due to a misplaced IV or because the
Crossing guards have a lot of safety advantages that ordinary pedestrians do not. Armed with stop signs and bright safety vests, and usually manning clearly marked crosswalks during school hours, crossing guards expect that most drivers will be going approximately 15 miles per hour and will be on the lookout
