Emergency Room Malpractice

A trip to the emergency room is nothing like a regular doctor’s appointment. You don’t have the luxury of choosing your doctor and checking out their credentials. You are relying on total strangers to save your life in a moment of crisis. Emergency room doctors and staff have a very tough job, and most try their best to help people and save lives under the most difficult circumstances, but sometimes negligence, mistakes, and poor policies result in preventable injuries and deaths that are completely inexcusable.

Examples of Emergency Room Negligence

Examples of emergency room negligence include:

• Medication error, including administering pain medication or sedatives to an intoxicated patient
• Unsanitary conditions
• Failure to fully evaluate patient
• Delayed diagnosis
• Delayed treatment
• Misdiagnosis
• Failure to monitor a patient
• Failure to fully treat patient
• Laboratory error
• Misread test results
• Surgical error
• Failure to inform the patient of a dangerous medical condition upon release
• Releasing a patient too soon
• Releasing a patient without the proper information and instructions about his condition

Harm Caused by Emergency Room Malpractice

Examples of the type of harm that can be caused by emergency room malpractice include:

• Worsening of the health condition or injury
• Additional injuries or complications due to delayed or improper treatment
• A second, more harmful occurrence of misdiagnosed medical event, such as a heart attack or stroke
• Medication overdose
• Adverse drug interaction or allergic reaction to a medication
• Infection
• Brain injury
• Unnecessary amputation
• Organ damage or loss
• Paralysis
• Severe pain
• Extended recovery time
• Permanent disability
• Death

Georgia medical malpractice law makes it very difficult to win emergency room malpractice cases. The Tifton emergency room malpractice attorneys of Langdale Vallotton, LLP, are dedicated to helping victims like you win. Please, call us at (229) 244-5400 or contact us online right away to schedule your free initial consultation.