Additional Resources for Tennessee Personal Injury Clients

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Medical Malpractice

20 Tips to Prevent Medical Errors: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides safety tips to avoid medical errors.
Coping With Cancer: National Cancer Institute: Provides information to caregivers to help patients cope with cancer symptoms and side effects.
Report Tennessee Doctor Misconduct: Tennessee Department of Health accepts complaints against doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition: The Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition was founded to increase awareness of breast cancer issues to men and women in Tennessee.
Tips for Talking to Your Doctor: Tips for taking an active role in your health and for improving your relationship with your doctor.
WebMD: Resource for health and medical news and information.

Birth Injuries

Memphis Center for Independant Living: The Memphis Center for Independent Living works so that people with disabilities in the Memphis area may live independently. They work with people who suffer from disabilities such as cerebral palsy, brain injuries, and spinal cord injuries by providing access to transportation, housing and employment opportunities.
Merck Manual: Provides patients and caregivers important information about all medical problems, including birth injuries.
Tennessee Division of Special Education: The Tennessee Department of Education, Division of Special Education's purpose is to "promote educational services and programs for all Tennessee's children with special education needs that will enable them to lead productive and independent lives."
Tennessee Early Intervention: Tennessee's Early Intervention System is a voluntary educational program for families with children ages birth through two years of age with disabilities or developmental delays.
Tennessee Technology Access Program: The Tennessee Technology Access Program (TTAP) is a statewide program designed to increase access to, and acquisition of, assistive technology devices and services.
Tennessee Voices for Children: Tennessee Voices for Children speaks out as active advocates for the emotional and behavioral well-being of children and their families.
United Cerebral Palsy: United Cerebral Palsy educates, advocates and provides support services to ensure a life without limits for people with a spectrum of disabilities. UCP works to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network that has helped millions.

Auto Accidents

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Dedicated to achieving the highest standards of excellence in motor vehicle and highway safety.
Nolo: Law for All: This website provides legal information on traffic accidents including cars, trucks and motorcycles.

Nursing Home Abuse

Compare Tennessee Nursing Homes: Medicare website that uses star rating system to compare all nursing homes receiving Medicare funding. Provides information on staffing, inspections and other quality related information.
National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care: The Consumer Voice is the leading national voice representing consumers in issues related to long-term care, helping to ensure that consumers are empowered to advocate for themselves.
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel: National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel serves as a voice for improved patient outcomes in pressure ulcer prevention, treatment, and education.
Nursing Home Abuse: A website dedicated to preventing the causes and repairing the consequences of this terrible problem.

Wrongful Death

The Free Dictionary: An online website that provides comprehensive legal information about wrongful death suits.

Premises Liability

Home Safety Council: The Home Safety Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing home injuries.
Premises Liability: Includes a Wikipedia definition and many more links.
U.S. Fire Administration: Fire Prevention Tips: Safety tips provided by the U.S. Fire Administration.

Legal Malpractice

Legal Malpractice Definitions
Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility: The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility was created by the Tennessee Supreme Court to aid the Court in supervising the ethical conduct of attorneys. The Board also publishes ethics opinions, puts on ethics seminars, and provides a consumer assistance program. Their website allows a consumer to research the disciplinary history of Tennessee attorneys and report unethical conduct.

Drugs and Medical Devices

260 Deaths From Bleeding Related to Pradaxa: Pradaxa, like other blood-thinning (anti-clotting) drugs, cuts the rate of fatal or debilitating strokes, but comes with the risk of internal bleeding, which can also be deadly. Are the risks worth the benefits, and are there better alternatives? Manufacturer Boehringer is trying to replace warfarin, which is difficult to manage because it interacts with certain foods and requires frequent blood tests.
Pradaxa Patient Dead From Massive Brain Hemorrhage: According to the report, "'in the event of traumatic hemorrhage in patients receiving [Pradaxa] . . . there are currently no effective reversal agents' to neutralize the drug." Elderly patients that fall and sustain small, superficial areas of hemmorage, may ultimatly die due to the absence of an effective means to counteract the anti-clotting properties of Pradaxa.

Airline / Aviation Injuries

Airline Employees Sickened by Toxic Fumes on Flights: A veteran U.S. Airways Flight Attendant says toxic fumes are being released into planes. Crew members are sick. Some so sick, they're still not back at work a year later. WBTV investigated these claims in a months-long investigation. Related article and contaminated air incident list on WBTV
Injured by Falling Overhead Luggage: Every two hours in America, a passenger is injured by falling overhead luggage. Injuries may not be apparent at first, but tramautic brain injury from concussions occur at an alarming rate.
Is Cabin Air Making Us Sick (UK Telegraph 21 Feb 2008): Incidents of contaminated air on aircraft are referred to in hundreds of reports filed by pilots in recent years. The aviation industry has been accused of knowing about the problem for decades and doing little to tackle it. With reports linking exposure to contaminated air with long-term harm to health. Passengers and crews are beginning to seek compensation.
Oil Leak Sickens Plane Crew (CNN Report): CNN's Allan Chernoff reports on how eight people were sickened due to an oil leak on a US Airways jet engine. First shown on CNN on 11 March 2010
Source of Toxic Bleed Air: Part 1 of 4: Cabin air is pressurized by bleeding off compressed air from the engine (known as "bleed air") and mixing it with outside air. The cabin air mix is 50% or greater engine bleed air, depending on where you sit and what type of airplane). If a seal breaks or leaks in the engine, jet oil can be super-heated and release toxic fumes (vapors, particles, oil mists). 1-3% of a common jet oil is trycresyl phosphate (TCP), which is a very dangerous neurotoxin, and can cause serious short- and long-term illness, including memory loss, cognitive disturbance, numbness, nausea, dizziness, and other ill effects.
Source of Toxic Bleed Air: Part 2 of 4
Source of Toxic Bleed Air: Part 3 of 4
Source of Toxic Bleed Air: Part 4 of 4
Toxic Airlines and the Aerotoxic Syndrome - Part 1 of 2: A documentary by Tim van Beveren investigating fume events, tricresyl phosphate (TCP) and talking to researchers and pilots affected by the fumes. First broadcast on the German TV programme Markt on 9 March 2009. English language version.
Toxic Airlines and the Aerotoxic Syndrome - Part 2 of 2
University of Nebraska Fume Event Blood Test Research Study (FIRST 48 HOURS):
Oksana Lockridge, Ph.D., Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Eppley Institute, recently developed a laboratory test to identify the presence of one form of trycresyl phosphate (TCP) in the blood. Prof. Lockridge's institute is accepting blood samples to study this important occupational health phenomenon. Use the link above to access the forms and instructions. You pay for the blood draw and shipping, but will not be charged for the lab testing.
Video of In-Flight Fume Event: According to the passenger that posted this video: This is a USAIRWAYS flight 35,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean in route from Phoenix to Maui on September 17, 2010. The 175 passengers were 4 hours into the flight, 2 hours from land. Passengers are in a smoke filled cabin with alarms sounding off. This was a terrifying experience for all. Our plane made an emergency landing at SFO two hours after the smoke started.
Wall Street Journal Report on Risk and Harm of Toxic Cabin Air: Air crews and passengers are increasingly concerned as evidence of the dangers of breathing air contaminated by super-heated engine oil is mounts, but the airlines, airframe makers, and govenrments, remain in denial.

Legal Resources

Shelby County Chancery Court: Official website for Shelby County Chancery Court.
Shelby County Circuit Court: Official website for Shelby County Circuit Court.
Shelby County General Session Court: Official website for Shelby County General Sessions Court.
Shelby County Probate Court: Official website for Shelby County Probate Court.
Tennessee Access to Justice: Tennessee Supreme Court website designed to assist people with civil legal issues who cannot afford an attorney. The website offers downloadable court forms, resources for representing yourself in court, information about common legal issues, and an interactive map with resources for each of Tennessee's 95 counties.
Tennessee Supreme Court: Official website for the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Medical Resources

National Institutes of Health: The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services External Web Site Policy, is the nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.