As a result of the manufacturers' failure to comply with FDA regulations and failure to advise of known or knowable risks associated with the administration of ECT, liability can now be established to hold the manufacturers accountable for failing to warn of cognitive impairment and brain damage following ECT.
In this guest audio presentation electrical injury expert Dr. Marc Jeschke explains the similarities between high and low-voltage electrical injuries, the physical, social, mental health, and economic impact of electrical injury, and what research is needed to improve patient outcomes.
This video demonstrates how to assess motor dysfunction in people with a history of repeated low-voltage electrical injury using the Box and Block test, a typical occupational therapy assessment with normative values against which to compare results.
4 patient safety activists discuss their efforts for an independent review of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) use in the UK.