Fall With Injury Expert Witnesses

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Physician Assistant, Long Term Care - Nursing Home Neglect, pressure injuries, pressure ulcers, fall with injury, standard of care, skilled nursing facility, capacity disputes, medication errors, polypharmacy, sepsis recognition, failure to monitor, failure to escalate care, unsafe discharge, discharge plainning, elder abuse and neglect, long term care

I am a board-certified Physician Assistant with over 20 years of clinical experience specializing in long-term care, skilled nursing, and post-acute rehabilitation. I actively practice in multiple skilled nursing facilities, where I manage medically complex, high-risk patients and work directly with interdisciplinary teams responsible for day-to-day patient care. My expertise centers on evaluating standard of care in cases involving nursing home neglect, pressure injuries, falls with injury, failure to monitor or escalate care, medication mismanagement, sepsis, and unsafe discharge practices. I have particular insight into how breakdowns in communication, staffing, and clinical decision-making contribute to adverse outcomes in the long-term care setting. Unlike many physician experts who are removed from the daily operations of skilled nursing facilities, I provide real-time, practical insight into how care is actually delivered at the bedside. My role requires direct oversight of...

Durham, North Carolina

Radiology, Legal Nurse Consulting - Root Cause Analysis, Clinical Decisions, Human Factors, Healthcare Systems/Operations, Unexpected Death, Diagnostic Error/Delay, VTE Prophylaxis, Fall with Injury, Central Venous/Vascular Access, Cardiac/Physiologic Monitoring, Moderate Sedation, Procedural Error/Complication, Resuscitation, Failure to Escalate/Rescue

Caroline A. Strazis, MSN, RN, CNL, CPPS Masters in Science of Nursing, Healthcare Systems (MSN) - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Registered Nurse (RN) - North Carolina Board of Nursing Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) - American Association of Colleges of Nursing Certified Professional of Patient Safety (CPPS) - Institute for Healthcare Improvement CA Strazis Clinical Legal Consulting, PLLC I am a clinical-legal consultant and registered nurse with 12 years of experience spanning high-acuity clinical work and investigative experience. I specialize end-to-end management of complex investigations with speed and precision and am comfortable delivering highly visible findings under sustained executive, legal, and regulatory scrutiny. I am formally trained and certified to perform full causal analysis on events ranging from geriatric falls with injury to catastrophic harm and unexpected death. Root cause analysis is a core discipline within systems science and is setting-agno...