Expert Information

Currently engaged in clinical practice: Yes

Degree:

Specialty / Subspecialty:

  • Registered Nurse  -  Critical Care Medicine

Area of Expertise: Intensive Care Nursing

Year of Medical Training Completion: 2013

City of Practice: Minneapolis

State of Practice: Minnesota

Previous Experience As Expert Witness: No

Type of Practice: Non-Academic

Available to Review Cases: Yes, for either the defendant or the plaintiff

Available to Be Deposed: No

Available to Testify In Trial: No

Training and Additional Credentials

Medical School: -

Year of Completion: -

Residency: -

Year of Completion: -

Fellowship: -

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Academic / Leadership Information

Highest Academic/Leadership Position Achieved: -

Current Academic Affiliation: -

Distinguishing Achievements

Awards: -

Number of Publications on PubMed: -

Professional Organizations: -

Fee Schedule

Medical Record Review:

Review of Medical Records, Review of Additional Materials, additional office consultation

  • $120
  • $200

Independent Medical Examination:

Independent Medical Examination with written report

  • Per Hour: -

Deposition in office:

Deposition: Discovery/Evidence

  • First two hours: -
  • For each Additional hour or any portion thereof: -
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled disposition): -
  • Cancellation fee (less than 7 days notice): -

Trial (InState):

  • Initial day: -
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
  • For each additional day: -
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): -

Trial (Out of State):

  • Initial day: -
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
  • For each additional day: -
  • Cancellation fee (less than 72 hours notice): -
  • Retainer (due 14 days prior to scheduled trial): -

Case Responses

Mechanical airway obstruction and code (Case #291)

  • Medical Probability: 4 / 10
  • Medical Error Summary: Depending on when the swelling was noticed, the patient most likely should never have been extubated. The patients go to the PACU to recover from anesthesia and generally do not leave there until they...
  • Causation Probability: 3 / 10
  • Causation Summary: This could possibly be a case of failure to intervene, but if the death was truly due to airway obstruction from tongue swelling, then there is no causation. Even if the swelling were a direct result ...
  • Expert Summary: I have been a Critical Care Registered Nurse for ten years, working in a variety of different ICUs and the Rapid Response Team. I’ve been involved in numerous codes involving respiratory arrest, an...
  • Similar Summary: Respiratory distress and respiratory arrest are very common situations in Critical Care. Management of respiratory distress is a daily occurrence.