Emergency Room Malpractice

Emergency rooms are busy places. Doctors and nurses are only human, and sometimes mistakes are made. But when these mistakes cause an injury or death because a health professional fails to follow standard practices, medical malpractice may have occurred.

If you believe that you or a loved one has been injured or killed due to medical malpractice in an emergency room, call the Sacramento, California emergency room malpractice attorneys at the Arnold Law Firm today at 916-924-3100.

The nature of emergency medicine – high stress and large numbers of patients – makes emergency rooms more susceptible to medical errors. Many of these errors may be small and of little consequence, because patients are often admitted to another area of the hospital where mistakes or oversight can be easily corrected.

But other times, such as when a serious condition is overlooked or a patient is mistakenly discharged despite needing medical care, emergency room errors can be more serious and rise to the level of medical malpractice.

In California alone, 32 emergency room malpractice cases reached a settlement in 2008, according to the Medical Board of California. Many of the injuries or conditions that require an emergency room visit are also among those that lead to medical malpractice, such as appendicitis, stroke and heart attack. Common claims of emergency room medical malpractice include failure to order required tests or procedures, misinterpreting tests, misdiagnosis and failure to ensure follow-up care.

If you or a loved one has been injured by emergency room malpractice, you may be entitled to compensation for lost wages, medical bills and pain and suffering. But to receive the compensation you deserve, you need a skilled malpractice attorney with the experience to help you. Call the Sacramento emergency room malpractice lawyers at the Arnold Law Firm today at 916-924-3100.