Redwood's Medical Edge

Recently, I finished a book that included the following medical scenario. The main character fell into a river and suffered a broken arm an...

Ginger Asks : I have a 23-year-old woman with an obvious head wound (she got hit with the butt of a gun, but the first responders don’t k...

There was that time when the editor saved the medical professional. As a physician assistant, I enjoy having medical aspects in my st...

The term concussion is well known. The medical field refers to a concussion as a TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury. Contact sports are one o...

Karen Asks : I’m writing a story about a man who is shot in the head in a way that impacts his ability to speak.  Long months of rehab r...

Susan Asks : I have a woman murdered when she is hit on the back of the head with a metal trophy. The trophy is cup shaped so the larges...

First and foremost, let me say that I am a Grey's Anatomy fan-- not for the medical accuracy for sure-- but it is a guilty pleasure of m...

Last post, we talked about the use of apnea testing to determine brain death after the patient meets certain criteria. There is one addit...

I’m continuing with a series on how brain death is determined. All hospitals likely have a policy in place with strict guidelines on how bra...