Examples Of Emergency Room Errors And Surgical Mistakes
ER and surgery errors come in a wide variety. Here are just a few examples:
- Operating on the wrong part of a patient’s body (i.e., “wrong site surgery”)
- Leaving sponges, scalpels or other surgical instruments behind in a patient’s body
- Failing to admit someone who is in vital need of assistance
- Failing to keep the surgery or ER room sterile
- Failing to treat blood clots or pulmonary embolism
- Misdiagnosing an urgent medical condition
- Reading a patient’s test results or medical charts incorrectly
- Prematurely discharging a patient
- Failing to order CT scans, blood tests or other necessary tests
- Prescribing or administering the wrong medication
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