Emergency Room Malpractice
Emergency rooms are not exempt from medical malpractice.
A hospital emergency room is often the busiest place in the building. There is chaos at all hours of the day because people are coming in with potentially life-threatening injuries. Many medical professionals working in an emergency room or trauma center are tired and overwhelmed due to overworking/understaffing or other poor business practice . Sometimes, medical malpractice occurs in an emergency room setting and may go unnoticed due to the hectic environment. Here is a general guide on how you can prove medical malpractice occurred in an emergency room.
How do I prove Emergency Room Malpractice?
In order to prove medical malpractice or negligence in the emergency room, events like those listed below must have happened to you or your loved one:
- A health care provider was treating you/your loved one as a patient in the emergency room at the time the injury occurred.
- Negligence occurred.
- In order for it to be considered emergency room negligence, the provider must have failed to meet the standard of care that other reasonably competent emergency room doctors would have provided under similar circumstances.
- Injury/harm related to the negligence that occurred in the emergency room.
- Negligence alone will not be enough for a malpractice claim. You must show that the negligence directly caused your injury and/or other harm (e.g., further treatment, lost wages, pain, and suffering, etc.).
If the above situation applies to you or a loved one, it may be worth investigating a potential medical malpractice suit.
Contact The Law Offices of Cardaro & Peek, LLC Today
Do you believe that you or your loved one has suffered as a result of medical malpractice or medical neglect? You need to talk to an experienced team of local lawyers today.
The lawyers at Cardaro & Peek, LLC have the experience and resources necessary to investigate and litigate all types of medical claims throughout Maryland and Washington D.C. Cardaro & Peek, LLC has medical personnel on staff and has access to nationally recognized, board-certified physicians and other experts, to assist in the investigation, analysis, and prosecution of all types of medical malpractice claims. If you or a loved one have experienced malpractice, give us a call at 410-752-6166. Please visit our website www.cardarolaw.com and follow us on Facebook , Twitter , and LinkedIn for more information.
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