| You know the stress of an emergency room: | | | | failure to diagnose are rampant and can result in: |
| long lines, overcrowded waiting rooms, a doctor | | | | - Heart attack |
| trying to diagnose you with as much care as a | | | | - Improper triage |
| McDonald’s cashier has for a customer during | | | | - Brain aneurysm |
| lunch rush. It’s no wonder then that an | | | | - Stroke |
| alarmingly high number of medical malpractice | | | | - Appendicitis |
| lawsuit cases result from emergency room errors. | | | | - Pulmonary embolism |
| Common Emergency Room Errors | | | | It’s terrible that many of these devastating |
| Considering the frantic nature of emergency | | | | afflictions could be prevented… if only the |
| rooms, it’s not surprising that most | | | | patient with chest pains wasn’t sent home |
| emergency errors are failure to diagnose, delayed | | | | prematurely only to suffer a heart attack in the |
| diagnosis or misdiagnosis (these account for over | | | | car ride home, or that the sixteen year old |
| 50% of emergency room related malpractice | | | | complaining of stomach pains was ignored for so |
| suits). | | | | long as to have his appendix burst in the waiting |
| In addition to these errors, which oftentimes lead | | | | room. |
| to a heart attack and wrongful death suits, | | | | Do I Have A Case? |
| common mistakes in the emergency room are: | | | | Even when evidence of negligence is |
| - Anesthesia malpractice | | | | overwhelming, proving liability against an |
| - Failure to adequately and thoroughly test | | | | emergency room is difficult. For a lawyer to even |
| - Failure to administer the proper medication | | | | file a medical malpractice lawsuit, liability against an |
| - Surgical errors | | | | emergency room, there must be a preliminary |
| - Inattention or neglect by EMTs and paramedics | | | | finding of negligence at the hands of the hospital |
| - Improper laboratory tests | | | | or its physicians. |
| - Contaminated blood transfusions | | | | However, with expert medical malpractice lawyers |
| Common Injuries Resulting From Negligence | | | | who have proven results, it’s possible for |
| Just because patients are jammed like sardines in | | | | them to find a case for you even if you |
| emergency rooms does not excuse negligence on | | | | didn’t think you had one. If you or a loved |
| the doctor’s behalf. Even with negligence | | | | one has suffered additional pain or loss due to an |
| during examinations aside, did you know that | | | | emergency room error and live in Atlanta, please |
| emergency rooms throughout the nation have an | | | | contact Robbins & Associates, PC for your |
| average wait time of over three hours? | | | | free consultation. |
| Due to this, misdiagnoses, delayed diagnosis or | | | | |