July 1, 2014 in NTSB, parasailing accidents, parasailing injury by Jerry H. Trachtman

NTSB Special Investigation Finds Parasailing Largely Unregulated; Inadequate Training and Faulty Equipment Cause of Serious Accidents

July 1, 2014

WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board’s first investigative report into parasailing safety finds the activity is largely unregulated with serious accidents frequently caused by faulty equipment.

Because of the nature of an activity that often occurs in changing weather conditions with parasailers suspended 500 feet or more above

Posted on July 1, 2014

June 24, 2014 in Asiana 214, NTSB, probable cause by Jerry H. Trachtman

NTSB Finds Mismanagement of Approach and Inadequate Monitoring of Airspeed Led to Crash of Asiana Flight 214

June 24, 2014

WASHINGTON – In a Board meeting held today, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that Asiana flight 214 crashed when the airplane descended below the visual glidepath due to the flight crew’s mismanagement of the approach and inadequate monitoring of airspeed. The Board also found that the complexities

Posted on June 24, 2014

May 6, 2014 in Bascom Palmer, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, doctors, medical care, physicians, quality medical care, quantity medical care, time with patients by Jerry H. Trachtman

Quality Patient Care or Quantity Patient Care?

There was an article in USA Today recently, describing how some physicians are spending less and less time with their patients at scheduled appointments.   The story began with a patient who saw her ear, nose and throat specialist recently for an acute sinus infection.  “He looked up my nose, said

Posted on May 6, 2014