Protect Yourself in the Hospital Insider Tips for Avoidinghospital Mistakes for Yourself or Someone You Love

Lifesaving information for preventing hospital mistakes, neglect and infections At some point in life, most of us will have to pay the hospital a visit, whether it's for routine surgery, to have a baby, or for a full-blown emergency. Hospitals are a necessary part of life. Yet while they do save lives, they're also responsible for nearly 100,000 accidental deaths and many more injuries each year--from human errors to faulty techniques to malfunctioning equipment to wanton carelessness. Protect Yourself in the Hospital arms you with practical and possibly life-saving advice to make sure these tragic errors don't happen to you or someone you love. From the ER to the OR and every unit in between, Protect Yourself in the Hospital provides you with the knowledge you need to feel safe and secure in the hospital. Written by a registered nurse and legal consultant, this lifesaving guide covers such topics as: bull; bull;Making sure the correct body part is operated on bull;How to prevent bedsores and hospital-acquired infections bull;Ways to advocate for yourself or a loved one without alienating hospital staff bull;How to avoid the rampant problem of hospital-induced anemia Learn how to recognize hospital situations that are likely to cause injury or death and learn to Protect Yourself in the Hospital.Sharon, Thomas A. is the author of 'Protect Yourself in the Hospital Insider Tips for Avoidinghospital Mistakes for Yourself or Someone You Love', published 2003 under ISBN 9780071417846 and ISBN 0071417842.