http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/ Published by Bostwick Peterson & Mitchell, LLP en-us 2010-09-01T12:27:58-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/09/cooling_therapy_decreases_risk.html Cooling therapy – also known as therapeutic hypothermia – is becoming more widespread as a way to treat infants born with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) or oxygen deprivation. In many birth trauma cases, infants are deprived oxygen due to delays... Traumatic Brain Injuries Erik L. Peterson 2010-09-01T12:27:58-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/08/traumatic_brain_injuries_shoul_1.html Traumatic brain injuries (“TBIs”) – often the result of car accidents, birth trauma, or sports injuries - have been shown to lead to substantial physical and cognitive delays. Now – after studying and evaluating the long-term effects of sudden blows... Traumatic Brain Injuries Erik L. Peterson 2010-08-25T18:16:13-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/08/delivery_delays_may_lead_to_ca_1.html Delays in delivering babies - often the result of complications during the birth process - may lead to catastrophic birth injuries due to a prolonged lack of oxygen to a baby’s brain. Where oxygen deprivation occurs, infants run the risk... Birth Injuries Erik L. Peterson 2010-08-19T10:46:02-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/08/report_finds_measurable_medica.html Several national investigations have focused attention on the alarming number of fatalities caused by preventable medical injures. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine issued a report that concluded that 98,000 patients die in hospitals due to avoidable medical errors. In... Medical Malpractice Erik L. Peterson 2010-08-16T12:50:42-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/08/renewed_concerns_regarding_foo.html Recently, renewed focus has been placed on the safety of playing football and the seriousness of repeated concussions and head injuries. As reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, the growing concern of brain injuries and devastating long-term effects from concussions... Traumatic Brain Injuries Erik L. Peterson 2010-08-04T08:09:58-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/06/the_first_steps_in_a_birth_inj.html One of the first things an attorney will do to assess a birth injury case is obtain the mother's medical records, including the fetal heart tracings, as well as the child's medical records. The fetal heart tracings document the baby's... Erik L. Peterson 2010-06-29T12:45:06-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/06/10_million_record_settlement_f.html Our firm of birth injury attorneys recently resolved a birth injury case in Hawaii for $10,000,000. The fetal heart tracings demonstrated fetal distress which required a rushed delivery. The laboratory data indicated that the child suffered from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy... Erik L. Peterson 2010-06-09T13:58:05-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/04/health_courts.html During the recent health care showdown, President Obama floated the concept of mandating that all claims against health care providers be adjudicated by "health courts". This proposal, viewed by most as an attempt to gain the support of the insurance... Erik L. Peterson 2010-04-14T06:53:34-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2010/03/stroke_during_surgery.html Some physicians are unaware of pre-surgical "bridging" protocols for patients who are chronically anticoagulated with coumadin. The bridging standard in some cases calls for physicians to administer lovenox in place of coumadin during surgery to prevent thromboembolism. Patients who are... Erik L. Peterson 2010-03-04T12:29:33-10:00 http://www.hawaiiinjurylawyerblog.com/2009/12/1500000_settlement_for_child_w.html Plaintiff’s contended that nurses and physicians failed to appreciate non-reassuring indications during the labor process and that an expedited c-section would have prevented the child’s injuries. The fetal heart tracing revealed persistent variable decelerations followed by severe and prolonged decelerations... Bostwick & Associates 2009-12-01T07:54:34-10:00