Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Information
Emergency Rooms, or ER's, at hospitals all over the country are the most stressful worksites in the healthcare profession. The standard of care in United States hospitals is high quality. Doctors, nurses, surgeons, and all other healthcare professionals take pride in this. But the fact remains that malpractice occurs in the medical profession. And today's hospitals may need improvement to meet the demands of tomorrow. Errors in hospital Emergency Rooms are a common occurrence infrequently talked about and rarely reported to the media. That is why you don't hear about these types of cases on the news. Understaffed hospitals or ill-equipped emergency rooms may lead to fatal errors while dealing with patients requiring emergency treatment. When the necessary steps of treating an emergency room patient are sidestepped, then an emergency error may result. There are many ways that errors or malpractice may occur in Emergency Rooms. Following are several kinds of errors: Medication Errors Prescription Errors Bacterial Infections Birth Injury Omissions Error Diagnosis Error Negligence Patient "Dumping" Over 225,000 people die from medical malpractice related injuries in a single year. Nearly half of these are from emergency room errors. Labels: massachusetts medical malpractice, massachusetts personal injury, www.socialsecuritydisability.tv
posted by Micro149 @ Thursday, December 21, 2006 6:24 PM
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