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Nursing Home Sued After Bed Sore Leads to Leg Amputation
Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) – The family of a man whose infected leg was amputated filed suit against his nursing home. John Eric Rush, 49, alleged that staff negligence led to an infected bed sore on his left heel. The…
Tags: bed sores, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Greg Grambor, SCD boots, Sequential Compression Device, Skin IQ™ coverlet, Vascular PRN
Lawsuit Filed Over Negligence In DVT Prevention and Treatment
Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) October 10, 2012 – A lawsuit has been filed against an Illinois nursing home over negligence in the prevention and treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Carol Harrison, 63, was admitted to Maple Ridge Care…
Tags: Deep Vein Thrombosis, DVT Prevention, SCD boots, Sequential Compression Device, Skin IQ™ coverlet, VascularPRN, Warfarin
Big Spike in Knee Surgeries Calls for Compression Therapy Devices to Lessen Risk of Blood Clots
New statistics show a big increase in knee replacement surgery since the late 1990s. From 1997 to 2009, knee surgery increased for women ages 45 to 64 by 157 percent and men in the same range by 144 percent. The…
Tags: Compression Therapy Devices, knee replacement, Sequential Compression Device, Vascular PRN
How do you fill a prescription for “booties”?
The doc writes “compression booties” on the script. OH NO! What do you do? Where do you turn? Long Term Care facilities often struggle to fill a prescription for “booties”. Sometimes referred to as “scud boots”, (for Sequential Compression Device…
Tags: athrombic compression, compression booties, compression therapy, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Huntleigh, KCI, Kendall, Long Term Care, lymphedema, pneumatic compression therapy, scud boots, Sequential Compression Device, Vascular PRN
