Emergency Room Errors

Did You or a Loved One Suffer NY Emergency Room Errors? Let a Skilled Lawyer Stand Up for You!

It's everyone's worst medical nightmare-having to be taken to the emergency room by ambulance and in the rush of treating patients, the ER doctor or nurse makes a mistake, causing you a medical injury. You might have been misdiagnosed and given the wrong medication that conflicted with one you were already taking, and it nearly cost you your life. Or perhaps the EMS technician wrote down incorrect symptoms on your medical chart and the staff rushed you into surgery for the wrong procedure. In the chaos of overloaded emergency departments, anything can happen. Patients' charts can be switched. Medication mistakes or mix-ups can be made. It all adds up to a medical malpractice case, and we are the seasoned personal injury lawyers to handle it. If you need a New York emergency room error lawyer, call us now: (800) 692-3717.

What is an Emergency Room Error?

An emergency room error occurs when medical professionals in an emergency department make mistakes that compromise patient care. These errors can include misdiagnoses, delayed treatment, improper medication administration, or failure to consult specialists when necessary. Due to the high-pressure, fast-paced environment of emergency rooms, healthcare providers might overlook critical symptoms, misinterpret medical tests, or fail to gather an adequate patient history.

Can You Sue an Emergency Room or Hospital for Negligence?

You can sue an emergency room or hospital for negligence if an error occurs in the emergency room that results in harm. To establish emergency room negligence, you must demonstrate that the medical professionals owed a duty of care to the patient, breached this duty by failing to meet the standard of care typically expected in similar situations, and that this breach directly caused injury or harm to the patient.

Can You Sue an ER Doctor for a Medical Error?

If you believe that an ER doctor committed malpractice, you can bring a lawsuit against them. You must demonstrate that the doctor's care fell below the accepted standard of medical practice and directly caused harm or injury. This typically involves proving that the doctor was negligent. This includes a misdiagnosis, a surgical error, or if you were wrongfully discharged.

Medical Malpractice Includes ER Mistakes-and Requires a Fierce New York Attorney

Just because the emergency department waiting room is full, the ER is understaffed or the EMS crew didn't communicate your symptoms correctly to the supervising doctor, there is no excuse for ER errors. Your life was in the hands of the healthcare practitioners caring for you, and you trusted them to fulfill their Hippocratic oath and do no harm. But you were harmed by their medical carelessness and are now suffering the pain and/or illness of their professional mistake, along with the emotional trauma that goes along with that sort of ordeal.

Don't put up with ER slip-ups, no matter how minor it might seem now. You could have been exposed to a contaminated needle, bacteria or virus germs on top of the surgical or pharmaceutical danger they put you in. Call Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, LLP toll-free today at (800) 692-3717 or contact us online for a free evaluation. Every discussion is one-on-one and confidential, and you don't pay a dime unless you win. We are New York medical malpractice lawyers who help victims of ER mistakes throughout the New York City area, from Westchester to Long Island, Brooklyn to Staten Island, Manhattan to Queens.