slide 1: When the Emergency Room
Wait Leads to Death
slide 2: 2 When patients Health Suffers because of Emergency Room People visiting the emergency room are either there because they
sustained severe injuries that could only be treated in a hospital or
because the illness or injuries were sustained when their regular
medical facilities were closed and their conditions were too serious
to delay treatment until the offices were open again. For these
reasons it only makes sense that patients in the emergency room
need to be treated as quickly as possible but sometimes patients are
not treated as quickly as they should be and their health suffers as a
result.
slide 3: 3 Damage caused by delay in treatment A delay in treatment can be extremely detrimental in
some cases. As a Philadelphia medical
malpractice attorney at The Weitz Firm LLC
knows the harm may not always be deadly but delayed
treatment can cause injuries to worsen or cause
additional injuries. Delays may also cause the need for
additional treatment such as a blood transfusion due to
losing too much blood in the waiting room.
slide 4: 4 Longest wait time in Philadelphia An NBC10 news report covered the especially long
wait times in the greater Philadelphia area
emergency rooms. Research for the report found
that the three hospitals with the longest wait times
had median wait times of over one hour before
patients were treated in the emergency room.
slide 5: 5 Other Types of ER Malpractice Other types of malpractice that frequently takes place in emergency
rooms include the following: Failure to diagnose Refusal to treat an emergency medical condition Medication error Failure to order appropriate tests Contaminated blood transfusion Ignoring symptoms or not believing patient’s complaints Failure to treat Improper discharge
slide 6: 6 Are You Victim of Emergency Room Mistreatment If you have experienced long wait times or other emergency
room mistreatment and were injured or sustained greater
injuries as a result contact a Philadelphia emergency
room malpractice attorney Eric Weitz. Emergency
rooms are meant to help those with serious illnesses and
injuries. They are not meant to cause greater patient injuries
and when they do emergency room representatives should
pay.
slide 7: Contact: Address: 1528 Walnut Street 4th Floor Philadelphia PA 19102 Phone: 267-587-6240 Website: https://www.theweitzfirm.com/contact.shtml
slide 8: Thank You…