Emergency room malpractice commonly occurs whenever a patient who is in need of health services becomes in the end, the victim of medical malpractice. It may involve the erroneous actions of health care providers such as nurses, attendants, or even doctors that are substandard which caused the patient to suffer from a different injury apart from the patient's original or main complaint.
It is very much expected that in the emergency room setting, appropriate physical assessment by health professionals be done on the patient to ensure correct diagnosis and proper treatment that would resolve the patient's health problem.
There are plenty of reasons why emergency room errors happen and they do because of the inability or failure to make appropriate diagnosis which in effect led to wrong treatment, failure to attend to the needs of the patient take or mismanagement (wrongful triage), diagnosis of a medical condition that has been made very late already and would not anymore be of any benefit to save the patient's life given limited time, Informed consent that has never been taken most especially with invasive procedures that may be risky and would have side effects, patients with stroke that were not attended to and were left alone which led to more serious consequences, and misinterpretation of laboratory and diagnostic results.
The health facility if proven at fault would be held liable for the damages the victim has acquired. The victim would be receiving compensation that would cover medical assistance to restore and maintain his health, medications and other therapies to aid with the disfigurement, and emotional damages as well. Payment in monetary form will be made to restore one to his original state.
Since emergency room scenarios involve conditions that require immediate interventions to prevent loss of life, failure to do so would result in the patient to experience comatose and serious neurologic problems that may be irreversible. Take for example a patient who had cardiac arrest has not been given chest compressions within the needed span of time and the situation gave way to irreversible brain and other vital organ damage due to lack of oxygen.
If ever you become a victim of medical malpractice, never hesitate to seek the services of a personal injury lawyer. Contact your lawyer as soon as possible for your case to be carefully examined and reviewed. If it appears that your claim is viable, your personal injury lawyer will assist you in establishing your medical records and other pertinent documents to support your case.
It is very much expected that in the emergency room setting, appropriate physical assessment by health professionals be done on the patient to ensure correct diagnosis and proper treatment that would resolve the patient's health problem.
There are plenty of reasons why emergency room errors happen and they do because of the inability or failure to make appropriate diagnosis which in effect led to wrong treatment, failure to attend to the needs of the patient take or mismanagement (wrongful triage), diagnosis of a medical condition that has been made very late already and would not anymore be of any benefit to save the patient's life given limited time, Informed consent that has never been taken most especially with invasive procedures that may be risky and would have side effects, patients with stroke that were not attended to and were left alone which led to more serious consequences, and misinterpretation of laboratory and diagnostic results.
The health facility if proven at fault would be held liable for the damages the victim has acquired. The victim would be receiving compensation that would cover medical assistance to restore and maintain his health, medications and other therapies to aid with the disfigurement, and emotional damages as well. Payment in monetary form will be made to restore one to his original state.
Since emergency room scenarios involve conditions that require immediate interventions to prevent loss of life, failure to do so would result in the patient to experience comatose and serious neurologic problems that may be irreversible. Take for example a patient who had cardiac arrest has not been given chest compressions within the needed span of time and the situation gave way to irreversible brain and other vital organ damage due to lack of oxygen.
If ever you become a victim of medical malpractice, never hesitate to seek the services of a personal injury lawyer. Contact your lawyer as soon as possible for your case to be carefully examined and reviewed. If it appears that your claim is viable, your personal injury lawyer will assist you in establishing your medical records and other pertinent documents to support your case.