Bedsores are common injuries for nursing home residents. Nursing home residents who suffer from bedsores typically need medical care to treat the wound and to prevent further complications. While not every nursing home resident who develops a bedsore needs to be seen by a wound…
According to the National Institutes of Health, there has been a 4.1-fold increase in the number of opioid overdose deaths in the United States since 2002. In 2017, nearly 50,000 people died in opioid overdoses across the country. Nursing Homes Are Not Immune to the…
Pelvic fractures are dangerous injuries for senior citizens. A study published in a 2002 edition of the journal Surgery found that elderly people who suffer pelvic fractures are more likely to experience longer hospital stays and have an increased risk of death than younger people…
Within the first minute of your baby’s life and then again when your baby is five minutes old, your baby should be evaluated by medical staff in five critical areas. These areas include: Heart rate Respiratory function Skin tone Muscle tone Reflex irritability or how…
When the spine curves 10 degrees or more, a person may be diagnosed with scoliosis. Some signs of scoliosis include A head that is not centered on the body. Shoulders that are at different heights. Hips that are at different heights or positions. Arms that…
You may have heard scary words being used by your nurses or doctors during labor or delivery. Terms such as fetal distress, hypoxia, asphyxia, non-reassuring fetal status, fetal tachycardia, bradycardia, repetitive variable decelerations, low biophysical profile, and late decelerations could have meant that your baby was in…