Emergency medical care impacts a large amount of individuals. The large volume of individuals in crucial condition in conjunction with continuing staff shortages that frequently plague hospital emergency rooms can result in an atmosphere that is ripe for mistakes. Some of the mistakes result in mild problems, but others can result in fatal penalties for unsuspecting patients. Seeing as 80 percent of the patients who make visits to the emergency room are not admitted to the hospital, and these patients are not even included in present reports, this is an astonishing fact.

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Some of the most typical types of emergency room mistakes include, but are not limited to the following:

• Wrong or late diagnosis
• Defective laboratory tests
• Contaminated blood transfusions
• Prescribing wrong medication or wrong dosage
• Neglecting to monitor a patient, particularly confused patients
• Neglecting to completely evaluate or treat a patient’s illness or condition

If you were erroneously diagnosed or harmed as a result of the carelessness of emergency room physicians, nurses, or medical professionals, contact our medical malpractice attorneys for assistance with making a claim for monetary compensation.

These days, most hospitals contract with businesses to provide doctor staffing in the emergency room. These businesses are independent contractors and the physicians, doctor assistants and nurse practitioners they provide are workers of the organization, not of the hospital. Nursing staff members are workers of the hospital. This is different in many bigger, teaching or medical school affiliated hospitals where all emergency room employees may be workers of the hospital and the medical school.

Have you lost a loved one as a result of an emergency room error? Our medical malpractice lawyers are here to help and represent you! Contact a medical malpractice attorney near you today for more information about pursuing a wrongful death case.

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Did you know?
There are approximately 100 million visits to the emergency room annually throughout the country.
Reports have proven that medical mistakes in an emergency room are typical, and that the proportion of avoidable adverse events happening in the emergency rooms is among the highest for all aspects of health care.