| Emergency Rooms, or ER's, at hospitals
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| | timely diagnosis and treatment,
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| all over the country are the most
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| | compartment syndrome can cause permanent
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| stressful worksites in the healthcare
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| | loss of use or function in the involved
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| profession. The standard of care in
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| | extremity (legs or arms). The clinical
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| United States hospitals is high quality.
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| | signs of compartment syndrome include
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| Doctors, nurses, surgeons, and all other
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| | pain out of proportion to the injury,
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| healthcare professionals take pride in
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| | pain on passive range of motion, and loss
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| this. However, the fact remains that
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| | of distal pulses. Immediate consultation
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| malpractice occurs in the medical
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| | with a surgeon is the preferred course of
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| profession and today's hospitals need to
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| | treatment.
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| improve the care provided in their
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| | Failing to treat a perirectal abscess in
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| Emergency Departments.
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| | a diabetic patient as an emergency.
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| Errors in hospital Emergency Rooms are a
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| | Patients who are diabetic present many
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| common occurrence infrequently talked
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| | unique challenges to their health care
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| about and rarely reported to the media.
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| | providers. A perirectal or perianal
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| That is why you don't hear about these
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| | abscess is a pool of pus that forms next
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| types of cases on the news. Understaffed
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| | to the anus, often causing considerable
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| hospitals, ill-equipped emergency rooms,
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| | tenderness and swelling in that area and
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| and poorly trained staff may lead to
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| | pain on sitting down and on defecating.
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| fatal errors when dealing with patients
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| | These abscesses or infections have a
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| requiring emergency treatment. Let's face
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| | tendency to rapidly progress to deeper,
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| it - when you arrive at your local
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| | more serious infections in diabetic
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| hospital ER you know absolutely nothing
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| | patients. The abscess can develop into
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| about who will be taking care of you and
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| | Fournier's gangrene, a life-threatening
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| there is no time to research the
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| | infections with a reported mortality rate
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| competency and track record of the ER
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| | of 9% - 43%. Again, prompt consultation
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| staff.
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| | with a surgeon is the preferred course of
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| There are many ways that errors or
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| | action.
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| malpractice may occur in Emergency Rooms.
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| | Failing to provide the proper airway for
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| The following is a partial list of some
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| | patients with facial or skull fractures.
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| of the Emergency Room medical negligence
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| | Establishing and securing an airway is
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| cases we have handled:
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| | one of the first steps addressed by all
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| - Medication Errors
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| | Emergency Departments. There are several
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| - Prescription Errors
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| | ways to accomplish this goal but the main
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| - Failing to diagnose impending heart
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| | techniques are tracheal intubation
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| attacks and strokes
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| | (either oral or nasal), bag and mask, or
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| - Diagnosis Errors
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| | a surgical procedure known as a
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| - Errors in interpreting x-rays, CT
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| | cricothyroidotomy. Emergency physicians
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| scans, and MRI studies
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| | should almost never attempt a nasal
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| - Discharging patients who are critically
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| | tracheal intubation in patients with
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| ill
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| | facial or skull fractures due to the
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| Over 225,000 people die from medical
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| | possibility of passing the tube into the
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| malpractice related injuries in a single
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| | cranial vault and thereby cause even more
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| year and nearly half of these deaths are
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| | serious injuries.
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| from emergency room errors.
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| | Failing to admit unstable patients or
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| The following is a partial list of the
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| | patients with unclear diagnoses to the
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| more common medical errors which arise in
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| | hospital. Remember, the Emergency Room
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| the Emergency Department:
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| | doctor's first responsibility is to
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| Failing to administer prophylactic
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| | stabilize the patient and then make
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| antibiotics in patients with open
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| | appropriate decisions about the patient's
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| fractures. An open fracture is one in
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| | continuing care needs. Most ER doctors do
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| which the bone has broken through the
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| | not have admitting privileges at the
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| skin, and as such, these fractures
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| | hospital - they must contact the
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| present an increased likelihood of
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| | patient's regular doctor or the hospital
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| infection. The best outcome for these
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| | admitting doctor for permission to admit
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| patients is dependent upon prevention of
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| | the patient directly from the ER into the
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| infection and obtaining a quick union of
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| | hospital. Almost everyone has a story
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| the fracture. Prophylactic antibiotics
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| | about a friend or family member who was
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| reduce the risk of infection and should
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| | discharged from the Emergency Room
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| be given as soon as possible.
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| | returned to their home and within hours
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| Failing to diagnose compartment syndrome
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| | or a couple of days suffered a disastrous
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| in patients with tibial fractures. The
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| | outcome. Make sure your friend or family
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| tibia is the larger of the two bones of
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| | member is stable, and with a plan of
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| the lower leg and is the weight-bearing
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| | treatment, before discharge from the ER.
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| bone of the shin. A compartment syndrome
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| | If you or anyone you know has experienced
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| is a serious complication which occurs
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| | an emergency room error, or any other
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| when the pressure in a closed fascial
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| | kind of medical malpractice, please
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| compartment rises sufficiently high to
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| | contact us. We are here to help.
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| cause nerve and tissue injuries. Without
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