Safety Consultant: Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Health Care and Medical Devices

Technical Consultant #1420

Hospital, nursing home and health care safety consulting.
Medical Devices: Use, misuse, safety and design.
Consulting related to electrical and electro mechanical devices safety and use.
Forensic Services: Product Liability and Institutional Negligence.
Safety Consulting Areas of Experience: Apnea Monitors, Biomedical Chiropractic Devices, Burns from Medical Treatment, Defibrillators, Dental Equipment, Electrical Wiring and Fires, Electrical/Electronic Safety, Electrocution and Shock, Electrosurgery Shock, Burns and Fires, Examination Procedure Tables, Fetal Monitors, Health Care Devices, Health Care Facilities falls/burns, Health Care Facility - Policies & Procedures, Heart Monitors, Hospital Beds, Laparoscopes/Endoscopes, Laser Safety, MRI Injuries, Nursing Home Falls/Injuries, Oxygen Monitoring and Supply, Patient Lifts, Slip and Fall Incidents, Treadmills, Warnings, Wheelchairs and Wheelchair Lifts.

Safety Consultant, 1971 - Present

Consulting services to health care institutions: Investigations of hospital and medical equipment incidents. Recommendations for corrective actions to meet joint commission standards.
Safety training: Electrical safety in the operating room and hospital environment. Electro surgical safety issues and standards. Fire safety and electrical shock in the hospital. Identifying and repairing electrical and mechanical hazards.
Hospital facility testing: Preventive maintenance testing of operating rooms, critical care, and bedside medical equipment for electrical and mechanical malfunctions including patient handling equipment and electro surgical devices.
Safety procedures: Prepared policies and procedures for maintenance and safety.
Hospital equipment analysis: Analyzed health care equipment requirements including hospital beds, electro surgical systems, and CCU ICU monitoring systems. Made recommendations to hospital and nursing home purchasing departments.
Forensic services: Provide complete technical litigation support from preliminary case investigation and evaluation to trial testimony.

General Electric Company, Project Engineer, 1966 - 1971

Defined and specified ground handling equipment requirements for a missile system.
Determined, specified and followed up safety and equipment flow requirements for buildings to test missile systems before flight.
Developed requirements for high frequency (HF) radio - telemetry systems and followed through construction and acceptance.
Negotiated telemetry requirements for missile test flights with system subcontractors.
Served as air crew member in intelligence gathering missions and provided liaison between USAF intelligence gathering systems and manufacturer.

Teaching

Hospital safety and hospital equipment maintenance, various hospitals. 1971 - 1990
Nuclear and biomedical equipment marketing and training. Met with physicians and physical researchers to establish their needs for instrumentation and nuclear chemicals. 1964 -1966
Electronic security, cryptography and cryptanalysis, U.S. Army Security Agency. 1958

Attorney At Law, General Practice, 1975 - 2006