Expertise
LNP 281 Killed by a Tree
The expert fact witness summarizes medical records of people who have suffered catastrophic injuries. I completed over 500 expert fact witness reports. Let me explain the role by telling you the story of Mr. and Mrs. Gorman. In this case, I served as an expert fact witness in a case involving an 80-foot tree that…
Read MoreLNP 280 How I Almost Lost My Leg Amberly Lago
Amberly Lago is a woman who experienced what I would describe as probably one of the most severe personal injury cases I’ve encountered. She went through an extended recovery and her story is one that gives you, as a legal nurse consultant, a perspective about what it’s like from the patient’s point of view to…
Read MoreLNP 277 Evaluating Nursing Home Falls
One of the common reasons attorneys contact legal nurse consultants is because they are handling a case involving a fall. Or as the attorneys like to call them, “fall down cases”. Falls in the nursing home may result in no or mild injury, and you are not going to hear about those cases. But the…
Read MoreLNP 276 The Vulnerable Elderly in Nursing Homes Donna Denert
Donna Denert has been involved in healthcare since the age of 16. She’s a third-generation nurse and she’s worked in numerous nursing capacities, currently in long-term care for the last 17 years. She is a nurse consultant with the Middletown Connecticut Health Department and a board-certified legal nurse consultant. Donna is also interested and trained…
Read MoreLNP 275 Defending the Pressure Sore Case
In Legal Nurse Podcast 274, Heidi Cross commented on the unavoidable pressure sore. In this podcast, I go a bit deeper into the concepts of how pressure sores cases are defended. I spent 20 years testifying as a medical surgical nursing expert. Some of those cases involved pressure sores. Listen in as Pat Iyer chats…
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