When you get hurt and have to go to the emergency room, the last thing you should be thinking about is, “What if they make a mistake?!”
But, mistakes can happen. It is true that the standard of care in hospitals across the U.S. is quite good. However, emergency rooms are the most stressful locations for medical professionals and errors can occur. Here are a few examples of mistakes than can lead to emergency room malpractice claims:
· Failure to take sufficient patient history
· Failure to perform a thorough physical exam
· Failure to consider all possible outcomes of current and pre-existing health problems
· Failure to conduct all appropriate tests
· Diagnosis delays or misdiagnosis of health condition
· Delays in conducting all appropriate medical tests
· Laboratory result errors
· Failure to prescribe correct medication and dosage
· Surgical errors
In some cases, original health problems have been misunderstood by the attending physicians and nurses, resulting in patients having heart attacks or strokes.
When you need emergency care, you are putting your faith in the medical professionals assigned to take care of you. That’s the way it should be. If something goes wrong as a result of your visit to the emergency room, you need to put your faith in an experienced legal professional. An attorney who specializes in emergency room malpractice can help ensure you get the settlement you deserve. A settlement that will include financial consideration to cover:
· Current and future medical bills and lost wages
· Long-term disability and long-term care
· Rehabilitation
· Loss of quality of life
· Loss of companionship
It is the sad truth that emergency room errors happen. They happen more often than you may think. In the unfortunate case that it has happened to you or a loved one, don’t sign anything until you talk to an experienced emergency room malpractice attorney.
Accidents happen. That doesn’t mean you should settle for less.
