Fresno Medical Errors Attorneys
When we seek medical care we trust our health care professionals with our lives, so when a medical professional makes a medical error, the consequences can be disastrous. While it's understandable that doctors and healthcare professionals are human and bound to make mistakes, they should be held accountable for your injuries if their errors were made due to negligence, or a failure to provide a standard level of medical care for you or your loved one. Common medical errors include:
Common Fresno Medical Errors
There are many ways a medical error can occur, and most are due to a mistake or negligence on behalf of the doctor, nurse, pharmacist, technician, or other health care professional. Some examples of medical errors include:
- Misreading a chart and administering a medication the patient has a known allergy to, or administering a medication that has already been given.
- Improper administration or monitoring of anesthesia during surgery
- Accidentally administering the wrong medication or the wrong dosage of medication
- Performing the wrong surgery on a patient
- Poor documentation on a medical chart that leads to improper diagnosis or administration of incorrect treatment
- Communication errors between physicians and nurses, or communication errors due to language barrier
How a Fresno Medical Error Lawyer Could Help
If you or a loved one has been seriously injured as a result of a medical error, it's important to seek representation from an experience Fresno medical error attorney as soon as possible to discuss your case. You may be entitled to damages to cover your medical expenses, future medical expenses, lost wages, possible future lost wages, emotional trauma, and possibly more. Medical errors are a very serious matter, and can cause catastrophic injury,
brain injury,
paralysis, or even
wrongful death.
For a free, no-obligation case consultation please contact the Pacific Attorney Group to speak with a
Fresno medical error attorney
today.