| Emergency rooms are filled with sick individuals | | | | - Incorrectly prescribed or administered |
| who are seeking attention for urgent medical | | | | medication These errors could result in serious |
| needs. In many cases, emergency rooms (ERs) | | | | long term injuries or even death. In many cases, |
| have significantly more patients than doctors and | | | | patients with treatable ailments suffer further |
| support staff, which can create a breeding ground | | | | complications and suffer permanent injuries. These |
| for negligent actions. | | | | individuals may suffer lost wages, pain, and a |
| When doctors and other healthcare providers get | | | | lifetime of complications as a result. |
| overwhelmed with patients to care for, patient | | | | When a healthcare provider fails to uphold his or |
| care sometimes suffers. Medical negligence, often | | | | her duties to patients, affected patients may be |
| called medical malpractice, is preventable in most | | | | entitled to financial compensation for their injuries. |
| cases, and healthcare providers who are guilty of | | | | To receive this compensation, individuals must |
| malpractice are usually liable for the harm they | | | | pursue legal action in the form of medical |
| inflict on their patients. | | | | malpractice lawsuits. |
| Doctors are just one of the many groups capable | | | | Though money may be far from your mind after |
| of committing malpractice in an ER. Nurses, | | | | you suffer from medical malpractice, it is |
| orderlies, pharmacists, and lab technicians also | | | | important to hold healthcare providers accountable |
| serve vital roles in healthcare services that, if | | | | for their negligent actions so that they cannot |
| done negligently, could lead to patient harm. | | | | harm other patients in the future. |
| Though an unfortunate reality, ER errors are | | | | If you have been affected by a healthcare |
| common and often result in: | | | | provider's negligence, visit the website of the |
| - Patients receiving delayed care and treatment | | | | Queens medical malpractice attorneys of Parker |
| - Ailments being diagnosed incorrectly | | | | Waichman Alonso, LLP to learn more about your |
| - Errors in the operating room | | | | legal rights. |