Emergency Room Error Lawyers

Emergency rooms, or ERs, are some of the most chaotic and stressful places to work as a medical professional. There are an estimated 100 million visits to ERs every year. The combination of this volume, the chaos, and extremely long hours make it easy to see why emergency room errors are made on a regular basis.

But understandable causes don't make these errors acceptable in the eyes of the law, especially when they result in catastrophic injury or wrongful death. If this occurs, a medical malpractice lawsuit against the physician or hospital responsible should be filed.

Common Emergency Room Errors

The majority of emergency room errors fall into the realm of misdiagnosis or a failure to diagnose a serious illness in time to prevent injury or death. Here is a list of some of the most common emergency room errors:

• Failure to correctly diagnose symptoms of a stroke, heart attack, aneurysm, appendicitis, pancreatitis, or pulmonary embolism
• Failure to run the right diagnostic tests (like an EKG for a suspected heart attack)
• Prescribing the wrong medication or administering the wrong dosage
• Failure to diagnose or correctly treat a serious infection
• Failure to obtain a consultation from the appropriate specialist on call
• Miscommunications in overcrowded ERs that lead to patients being ignored or having to wait too long for a diagnosis and treatment

Emergency Room Error Liability & Lawsuits

If you believe you or a loved one have been the victim of an emergency room error, you should contact the emergency room error lawyers of Snyder & Wenner, P.C. today. We have access to the medical experts necessary to evaluate and prosecute your valid claim.

Please contact us today to set up a free consultation. Our office is in Phoenix, Arizona, but we can speak with you on the phone wherever you are. If you're too injured to come to us, we can go to you. We will work vigorously to ensure that your rights are protected and the guilty party is held responsible.