Emergency Room Errors / Urgent Care

A fact about emergency room errors

In 2003, Americans made 113.9 million visits to hospital emergency rooms, a 26 percent increase over the 90.3 million visits made in 1993. During the same period of time, hospital emergency departments have decreased about 12.3 percent.
— National Center for Health Statistics

When people visit the emergency room, they usually have no other option. They are suffering a heart attack, appendicitis or have one of many other urgent medical conditions that send them to the ER. When they receive negligent care that results in further illness or death, they have the right to seek compensation and justice.

Using our experience to help people injured because of emergency room error

At The Lawrence Firm, PSC, our lawyers have many years of experience handling medical malpractice cases, including those arising from emergency room and urgent care errors. If you have experienced substandard care that has led to further injury or illness or a loved one has died because of an emergency room error, we can help.

If an emergency room error resulted in an injury, illness or death, seek experienced legal counsel to learn about your options. Contact The Lawrence Firm in Ohio or Kentucky at 1-800-698-4054.

A team approach helps us create a strong case

Our lawyers, in-house nurse/attorney and our wide network of specialists work together to build a case. We investigate your treatment by obtaining medical records and interviewing appropriate staff. We have helped clients who had sought medical treatment at a hospital emergency room or urgent care facility for conditions later determined to be:

• Pulmonary embolism
• Aortic aneurism
• Heart attack
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Pancreatitis

What causes emergency room negligence?

These conditions and many others require prompt treatment. Unfortunately, people in such situations are often released prematurely from the emergency room without being given the proper tests, diagnosis or treatment. This can be caused by lack of proper triage procedures, improperly trained staff, inadequate numbers of personnel or failure to communicate. Whatever the cause, the results can be catastrophic or fatal.

Other cases include those that arise when people without insurance are refused treatment and sent to another facility in violation of the law. When they have a poor outcome as a result of the delay caused by patient dumping, the first institution may be liable for the illness, injury or death caused by its negligence.

If you have suffered because of negligence and error at a hospital emergency room or urgent care facility, contact an experienced lawyer. We can advise you about your rights.

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