Medical Malpractice in the Emergency Room

When you or your loved one suffer an injury or medical emergency, you rely on emergency room doctors and staff to provide fast, adequate treatment. Unfortunately, medical malpractice in the emergency room happens all too often.

Undue delays, medical errors, and doctor or hospital negligence can end in tragedy.  Having helped countless individuals and families harmed by medical malpractice, Lowe Scott Fisher Co., LPA’s attorneys have seen the damage that negligent medical care can cause.

If you or your family member received suffered injury or wrongful death in the ER and you believe malpractice is the cause, you need to speak to an attorney as soon as possible.  The personal, emotional, and financial hardship that results from malpractice can seem insurmountable, but an experienced attorney can fight for you and help you find justice.

Emergency Room Malpractice

No matter where medicine is practiced, the medical professionals and facilities have a duty to provide treatment and care that meets applicable standards.  This is true whether the medical professional is seeing scheduled patients at a private practice, or seeing emergency patients in the hospital.

Emergency room doctors and staff admittedly have a difficult task.  They frequently work in a fast-paced environment, often with little idea of the full nature of a medical emergency when a patient comes in.  Medical malpractice lawyers respect this fact, and the law is designed to account for these circumstances.

Nevertheless, every medical professional must take appropriate actions when treating a patient.  Every hospital must make reasonable decisions when providing health care.  When ER doctors, staff, and hospital policies lead to medical malpractice in the emergency room, the negligent actors should be held responsible.

Common Types of Emergency Room Malpractice

Like medical malpractice in other environments, emergency room malpractice comes in a variety of forms.  For this reason, any time an individual suffers injury, exacerbation of a condition, or wrongful death in the ER, an attorney should be consulted.

While malpractice comes in many forms, some of the more common instances of malpractice in the ER include:

• Failure to Diagnose (Including Failure to Recognize Heart Attack or Stroke)
• Failure to Prioritize Emergency Condition
• Prescription Errors
• Misdiagnosis
• Failure to Order or Perform Diagnostic Testing
• Misreading/Failure to Read Test Results

Ohio Medical Malpractice Attorneys are Available Now

Representing victims of medical malpractice for over thirty years, the law firm of Lowe Scott Fisher Co., LPA can fight for you and your family against careless and negligent medical professionals.  Call or email our experienced trial team now and find out how we can fight for you and your family.