Although hospitals have a duty to provide patients with safe and efficient emergency room care, many emergency rooms are overcrowded and understaffed. When patients suffer injury as a direct or indirect result of negligent emergency room administration and care, a malpractice lawsuit may result. David A. Axelrod & Associates fights for patients who have endured injuries due to medical malpractice in the emergency room.
Direct Injuries Due to Emergency Room Malpractice
Many injuries are caused as a direct result of inadequate emergency room care. These are errors within the emergency room itself. Some examples are:
- Failure to appropriately monitor and timely treat a patient
- Failure to administer the correct dose of a needed drug
- Failure to maintain a sterile environment
- Performing an unnecessary surgery or other medical procedure
- Failure to read patient information
Misdiagnosis Related to Emergency Room Malpractice
Injury often occurs when emergency room staff fail to properly diagnose a patient. Misdiagnosis often causes a patient’s condition to unnecessarily worsen. Emergency room staff may misdiagnose a patient for a number of reasons. An emergency room doctor who misdiagnoses a patient may be liable for medical malpractice. Commonly misdiagnosed conditions include:
- Abdominal pain
- Aneurysm
- Appendicitis
- Chest Pain
- Heart Attacks in Women
- Internal Bleeding
- Misread X-rays
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Rectal Bleeding
