LifeWings Partners LLC - PRWeb Press Release Group http://www.rsspad.com/rss2/9884.xml LifeWings Partners LLC - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Man Loses Testicles to Medical Mistake http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb543521.htm Many hospitals are now using safety practices developed in commercial aviation to avoid the nightmare of similar errors. (PRWeb Jul 31, 2007)

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]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb543521.htm Study Finds Medical Errors More Prevalent among Children: Innovative Children’s Hospitals Using Safety Tools from Aviation to Cut Mistakes http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/06/prweb530416.htm Children's hospitals look to former airline pilots and astronauts to train their staff in teamwork and communication skills to improve the care of their youngest patients. (PRWeb Jun 1, 2007)

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]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/06/prweb530416.htm The Best U.S. Hospitals Look Outside of Traditional Medical Techniques for Help in Stopping Flood of Errors http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb509505.htm Top tier hospitals decrease medical errors and mortality rates with aviation-based safety tools. (PRWeb Mar 6, 2007)

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]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb509505.htm Aviation Style Teamwork Training Stems Tide of Dissatisfied Healthcare Workers Leaving Profession http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/02/prweb505797.htm Hospitals who train their staff like airline crews lower nurse turnover rate to 2%. (PRWeb Feb 16, 2007)

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]]> Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/02/prweb505797.htm Airline Pilots Teaching Hospitals How to Avoid Costly Mistake of Leaving Objects in Their Patients After Surgery http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/01/prweb495976.htm Foreign objects are left inside thousands of patients each year during surgery; many hospitals are following best practices of aviation safety to correct this problem. (PRWeb Jan 8, 2007)

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]]> Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/01/prweb495976.htm Hospital-Acquired Infection May Be Prevented By Using Safety Tools Originally Developed For Commercial Aviation http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb487555.htm Hospital-acquired infections killing tens of thousands of Americans each year, many hospitals turn to the pilots of LifeWings Partners, LLC for solutions. (PRWeb Dec 5, 2006)

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]]> Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/12/prweb487555.htm Studies Link Long Hours to Medical Errors http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb449163.htm Fatigue caused by extensive work hours can impair residents' and interns' judgment, resulting in medical errors and patient harm. (PRWeb Oct 10, 2006)

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]]> Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb449163.htm Human Error Kills Three Premature Infants: Similar Tragedies Inspire Providers to Learn From the Best in Aviation http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb442313.htm Just days ago, three premature infants’ lives were tragically lost due to a medication mix-up in an Indiana hospital The all too frequent occurrence of these types of fatal mistakes have led many hospitals to adopt the same safety tools that have made commercial aviation so safe and reliable. (PRWeb Sep 25, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb442313.htm Yearly Death Toll In Nation’s Hospitals Due To Medical Mistakes 30 Times That Of 9/11 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb436249.htm Today marks the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks where nearly 3,000 American lives were tragically lost within minutes. Multiply that number by 30 and that equals the amount of people who die every year in America's hospitals as a result of preventable medical errors. (PRWeb Sep 11, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb436249.htm One Death Per Day Due To Medication Errors: Hospitals Seek Improvement By Learning From The Best In Aviation http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb430209.htm Medication errors continue to be problematic for hospitals large and small. Lessons learned from aviation significantly improve the care of diabetes and cancer patients. (PRWeb Aug 28, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb430209.htm Hospitals Look to the Skies to Solve Nursing Shortage Crisis http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb420892.htm After implementing an aviation-based teamwork and communication skills program, one hospital reduced their nurse turnover rate to less than 2%. (PRWeb Aug 4, 2006)

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]]> Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb420892.htm Routine Hernia Surgery Results in Brain Damage of Young Boy: Similar Errors Prompting Hospitals to Seek Solution from Pilots http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/07/prweb410144.htm A children's hospital with a reputation for good care fails to prevent a common communication failure among its surgical team. The resulting life-changing error could have been prevented if the hospital had equipped its staff with the communication skills and safety tools used by commercial airline pilots. (PRWeb Jul 11, 2006)

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]]> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/07/prweb410144.htm Implanted Screwdriver Results in 5.6 Million Dollar Lawsuit: Why Hospitals are Turning to Airline Pilots to Prevent Poor OR Teamwork http://www.prweb.com/releases/medical_safety/medical_training/prweb404274.htm A Hawaiian hospital could have saved a patient's life, $5.6 million and a shockwave of negative publicity if they had invested in training their surgical teams to use the same assertive communication skills used by flight crews in commercial aviation. (PRWeb Jun 26, 2006)

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]]> Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/medical_safety/medical_training/prweb404274.htm Medical Errors Kill Eleven-Year-Old Boy During Routine Surgical Procedure http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/06/prweb394712.htm Alternatively, the former fighter pilots of LifeWings Partners LLC offers an innovative solution to help eliminate medical errors, decrease open malpractice files, improve observed to expected mortality rates, adherence to antibiotic protocols, and nurse satisfaction survey scores. (PRWeb Jun 5, 2006)

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