Providers should educate affected patients and their families about “unavoidable” pressure ulcers using a standardized process to help fend off related litigation, two seasoned medical malpractice ...

We must examine if a decubitus ulcer was unavoidable and if the patient received the necessary treatment and service. My opinion based on two decades of helping the injured is that these patients have ...

The 84-year-old decedent was admitted to the defendant facility from the hospital with one stage 1 pressure injury to her sacrum, incontinence and a Braden score of 13. She was totally dependent on ...