Information gathered by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) indicates that 155 people died from bed rail injuries from January 2003 – September 2012. The CPSC further broke down the data as follows: Approximately 126 of the 155 people who died were age 60…
A recent car accident took the life of a young Kentucky woman at the end of the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend this year. Police report that 32-year-old Rebecca Guy was in an accident on Sunday, November 25, 2012 and that she died from her accident…
A Rowan County Kentucky car accident left one woman dead and one man injured on Thanksgiving morning this year. The woman has been identified as 33-year-old Wendy Sue Wilson Williams. Ms. Williams is remembered as a loving mother, child, fiancée and sibling. The crash that…
A recent study published as a research letter in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that the way in which doctors who are ending their shift discuss patients with doctors who are on the next shift can have a significant safety outcome for patients. The…
A new study published on November 13 in the online Journal of Applied Communication Research found that families of Alzheimer’s patients may not always be getting accurate information from nurses and other health care workers at Alzheimer’s care facilities. The study found that some nurses…
A Louisville man has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident, first degree assault, and operating a motor vehicle on a suspended or revoked operator’s license following an early morning accident earlier this month. According to accident reports, 29-year-old Travis J. Beaty hit…