Picking up from where Emergency Room Mistakes: 6 Facts to Know (Pt. 1) left off, below we will continue to highlight some important info regarding this prevalent type of medical malpractice.
Most emergency room mistakes involve some type of misdiagnosis. Here are some more facts about emergency room mistakes. Call us if you’ve been hurt by this malpractice.
Similar to other medical care settings, in emergency rooms, the most common type of mistakes that are made are those related to diagnosing patients’ conditions, illnesses and impairments. In fact, while making a proper diagnosis can be a challenge in general, this critical step in providing medical care tends to be a far greater problem in emergency rooms because, in these settings, medical professionals are:
What all of this ends up meaning for patients is that the significant risk of misdiagnoses in emergency rooms can substantially increase the risk of:
While pinpointing the causes of emergency room mistakes is crucial, so too is highlighting the severity of the impacts caused by this type of medical malpractice. In some cases, ER errors may end up causing patients pain while forcing them to spend more (and money) in hospitals. In more serious cases, however, the impacts of emergency room mistakes can be far more devastating, as ER errors can end up causing long-term, irreversible and/or deadly complications.
In fact, when people are seeking emergency medical care to treat severe conditions like heart attack, stroke and/or serious infections, emergency room mistakes can end up precluding any chance of recovery for patients.
For our discussion of the final important facts to know about emergency room mistakes, be sure to look for the conclusion to this blog series that will be posted soon!
If you have been injured due to any type of emergency room mistake – or any type of medical malpractice in general, a trusted Denver malpractice attorney at Cristiano Law, LLC is here for you. Ready to put their experience and resources to work for you, all of our experienced lawyers at been dedicated to upholding the belief that the practice of law is a helping profession for more than 33 years.
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