Emergency rooms provide life-saving care in a stressful environment. Doctors are often required to quickly determine which patients need immediate treatment, which should be kept for observation, and which can safely be sent home. Unfortunately, some emergency rooms are understaffed and under economic pressure to treat as many patients as quickly as possible. This can lead to devastating errors.
If you or someone you love suffered a serious injury because of an emergency room error, contact the civil trial lawyers at Ginsberg & O’Connor. Our malpractice lawyers represent people throughout New Jersey who were injured by emergency room errors.
Examples of Emergency Room Errors
Emergency rooms treat patients with acute, life-threatening injuries. However, some people who lack medical insurance go to emergency rooms with conditions that require urgent care, but are not serious enough to require immediate treatment. Doctors and staff are left with the difficult job of determining who needs emergency care and who does not.
Unfortunately, sometimes emergency rooms make errors, discharging patients with serious or even life-threatening conditions. Examples are:
- Stroke
- Heart attack
- Fractures
- Meningitis
- Mental illness
- Alcohol withdrawal
Symptoms of a heart attack, for example, may be attributed to indigestion or other causes. However, certain heart enzymes leak out into your blood if you have suffered a heart attack. If your emergency room doctor failed to test your blood for the presence of these enzymes, and you suffered a heart attack, the doctor may be guilty of malpractice.
Contact Our Emergency Room Error Attorneys
If an emergency room failed to treat your serious or life-threatening condition, contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Ginsberg & O’Connor for a confidential consultation. Call our Cherry Hill law firm at 856-727-1991 or complete our simple contact form to schedule a free initial consultation.