Emergency Room Errors Attorney
Phoenix, Glendale and Mesa, Arizona
Emergency rooms are reserved for patients seeking immediate care to life threatening injuries or conditions. However, due to employees being over-worked in facilities that typically fail to have enough staff on hand to meet patient demands, emergency room errors occur all too often.
How Emergency Room Errors Occur
In emergency rooms, patients tend to be viewed as statistics rather than human beings. We expect emergency room employees to operate professionally; however, ER staff often neglect their responsibilities, and patients whose conditions necessitate urgent care may receive delayed treatment or have their condition misdiagnosed entirely.
Additionally, with emergency rooms being overcrowded and understaffed, a patient's condition can deteriorate while waiting to be examined.
Other common emergency room errors include:
- Anesthesia medical malpractice
- Surgical errors
- Providing a patient with contaminated blood transfusions
- Conducting improper laboratory tests
- Medication errors
- EMT and paramedic neglect
Injuries Resulting From Emergency Room Errors
Due to emergency rooms existing to treat injuries requiring urgent care, errors can result in devastating injuries to innocent patients, including:
- Appendicitis
- Stroke
- Brain aneurysm
- Improper triage
- Internal bleeding
- Heart attack
- Pulmonary embolism
Proving Negligence in Emergency Room Malpractice Cases
Proving negligence by an emergency room employee can be a difficult task. Even in instances where negligence is apparent, coworkers are reluctant to testify, records may be tampered with, and statutes of limitations exist, providing those injured with a limited window of time in which they can file a case.
For those who have been the victim of an emergency room error, you may be entitled to compensation for:
- Loss of wages
- Diminished earning capacity
- Pain and suffering
- Medical bills
If you have been the victim of an emergency room error in Phoenix, Mesa, or Glendale, Arizona, please contact the Arizona emergency room error law offices at the Mayro Law Firm today or call (602) 604-8400 to schedule a consultation with Jerrold A. Mayro.
Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016
