What to ask if you have a brain bleed case

Legal implications – civil: Non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (stroke): For cases involving warfarin or Coumadin- was the patient’s lab work such as PT/INR adequately monitored? If the patient was suffering from Coumadin toxicity, what was the…

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What are three main kinds of brain bleeding?

Types of hemorrhage Epidural hemorrhage is bleeding between the skull and outer covering of the brain, the dura matter.  Epidural hemorrhages are frequently caused from a blunt trauma from an assault, fall or other accident. …

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Is trauma the only cause of intracranial hemorrhages?

Causes: Non-traumatic Intracranial hemorrhage may have traumatic and non-traumatic causes. One non-traumatic cause is hemorrhagic stroke which accounts for 8%-13% of all strokes. Hemorrhagic strokes often have a poor prognosis resulting in death or major disability. …

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EMTALA Violations

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) enacted by congress in 1986, was put in place to ensure patient access to emergency care regardless of ability to pay.  EMTALA was also intended to…

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