Different Types of Medical Malpractice Cases
Medical Treatment Errors - this involves injury that results from affirmatively made mistakes, from leaving surgical instruments inside a patient to puncturing adjacent tissue during a surgical procedure. Sometimes these are apparent on their face, and sometimes they involve the need for medical expertise to prove the commision of an error.
Medical Treatment Omissions - this involves injury resulting from failure to provide necessary treatment. This form of malpractice is in the form of an omission, in contrast with the affirmatively made error of damaging surrounding tissue or performing treatment on the right side of the body instead of the left side of the body.
Medication Errors - these errors could take place in several different ways. The wrong medicine could be prescribed. Improper dosages could be used. There could be a failure to take notice of warnings, precautions, or contraindications.
Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis - failure to correctly diagnose a patient's disease, illness, injury, or other condition is a basis for medical malpractice. This could result in delays with providing critically needed treatment, or worse, failing to provide any treatment.
Birth Injuries - this form of medical malpractice involves injuries sustained during childbirth. This can include brain damage, fractures, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, and other injuries.
Anesthesia errors - this could include administering too much anesthesia, not properly monitoring vital signs during surgery, not using proper equipment or qualified profesionals.
Medical Treatment Omissions - this involves injury resulting from failure to provide necessary treatment. This form of malpractice is in the form of an omission, in contrast with the affirmatively made error of damaging surrounding tissue or performing treatment on the right side of the body instead of the left side of the body.
Medication Errors - these errors could take place in several different ways. The wrong medicine could be prescribed. Improper dosages could be used. There could be a failure to take notice of warnings, precautions, or contraindications.
Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis - failure to correctly diagnose a patient's disease, illness, injury, or other condition is a basis for medical malpractice. This could result in delays with providing critically needed treatment, or worse, failing to provide any treatment.
Birth Injuries - this form of medical malpractice involves injuries sustained during childbirth. This can include brain damage, fractures, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, and other injuries.
Anesthesia errors - this could include administering too much anesthesia, not properly monitoring vital signs during surgery, not using proper equipment or qualified profesionals.