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The main purpose of doctors, nurses, and the hospital staff is to care for the suffering patients. The substandard practices of individual healthcare facilities can cause even further injury or illness. These instances may warrant pursuing a medical malpractice case.
Characteristics of a Medical Malpractice Case
Medical malpractice cases typically involve a violation of the standard of care, resulting in patient injury and significant damages. Signs of medical malpractice encompass errors such as misdiagnosis, improper treatment, and failure to diagnose. The repercussions of medical malpractice can vary widely, from minor harm to severe disability or death.
Indications of medical malpractice include improper and mistaken diagnosis, failure to diagnose, failure to order the proper diagnostic tests, incorrect administration of drugs or treatment, misread lab reports or x-rays, failure to treat a patient in the first place, and more. Medical malpractice’s long-term ramifications may vary from patient to patient but can range from minor injury to long-term disability and even death.
Czelusta Law has unparalleled familiarity not only with the injuries but also with the medical law surrounding healthcare providers.
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Welcome to Czelusta Law, where justice meets compassion in the realm of personal injury and medical malpractice law. With a steadfast commitment to advocating for the rights of our clients, we specialize in navigating the complexities of legal cases with empathy and expertise. Trust our dedicated team to guide you through challenging times and fight tirelessly to secure the compensation you deserve.
For more information about how we can help you, call (727) 354-6401 or set up an appointment.
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When Do You Need a Medical Malpractice Attorney?
One of the most difficult things for patients to determine is whether he or she has been a victim of medical malpractice. In the case of medical malpractice, most victims are not sufficiently medically educated to know if someone made an unreasonable medical mistake. Even more complicating is the fact that patients must trust and rely upon healthcare providers to give good medical care or identify when poor medical care was given. This reliance is further complicated by the fact that healthcare providers tend to protect each other when a medical mistake is made.
So how do you know to call Czelusta Law, P.A.to obtain the advice of a skilled and experienced medical malpractice lawyer? There are a few things that should lead you in that direction:
- You had an unforeseen bad result from medical care: For example, you may have started with a relatively minor procedure and postoperatively you are hospitalized for an extended time, suffer a brain injury, or your loved one dies. If the results were never thought by you to be something that could happen, then it may be time to consult Czelusta Law, P.A.
- No reasonable explanation for a bad result: A physician is unable to explain why a bad result happens or refuses to do so. Anytime you receive professional services and you rely upon that professional’s expertise, you are entitled to a full explanation of what he or she is doing or has done to your body. If he or she cannot or will not provide you with an explanation, then it may be time to contact Czelusta Law, P.A.to help you get answers.
- Explanations for bad medical outcomes that do not make sense: This suggests that the healthcare provider may be trying to cover the real reason for the bad outcome.
- Your treating doctors and nurses make comments, criticisms, or seem angry or upset about the care you received from another healthcare provider: While it is very difficult (but not unheard of) to find a doctor or other healthcare provider willing to testify under oath in a manner that incriminates a colleague that he or she may interact with or commonly see in the same medical circles, their statements, actions or appearance of anger could give you reason to seek further advice from our lawyers.
- You are contacted by a hospital or other medical organization’s risk management department or investigators for details about your medical care: This may suggest that the medical care you received is being investigated as an adverse medical incident that under law must be reported to the applicable medical and healthcare boards. This should suggest to you that perhaps you should also investigate as well by contacting Czelusta Law, P.A.
- You are diagnosed with an advanced staged condition: This situation is commonly seen in cancer victims who have been diagnosed with advanced stage or metastatic cancer. It may happen in other contexts as well such as raging infections, internal bleeding, or unexpected deaths. If you regularly see your doctor or went to the hospital previously for the symptoms that are ultimately related to the condition that was later diagnosed after it had progressed, there is a chance someone missed a diagnosis that should have been made. This may suggest negligent medical care and a need to contact our lawyers.
- Something just does not seem right: This is probably the most important sign of medical malpractice, and it is really all that you need to seek the advice of a medical malpractice lawyer. If you have any suspicion that medical malpractice has occurred, trust your intuition and contact Czelusta Law, P.A.
What Are Some Examples of Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice can encompass numerous types of injuries and illnesses. If you suffered an injury and suspect that it may be the result of a medical professional’s negligence or failure to provide competent care, you may have the basis of a medical malpractice claim. Here are some examples:
- Surgical Errors. When you undergo surgery, you expect that the surgeon will complete the procedure safely and efficiently. However, surgical errors can occur or may not be noticed in a timely fashion. Other examples of surgical errors include leaving a foreign object in your body, not timely detecting a surgical complication, performing unnecessary surgery that results in complication or worsening of condition, or performing surgery in the wrong site.
- Emergency Room Errors. When you go into the emergency room, you want to receive correct care quickly and efficiently. Emergency room errors can occur when doctors fail to attend to you in a timely manner, discharge you without giving you adequate care, or perform any other error that leads to further damage to you and your body. For example, being discharged with an undiagnosed stroke, with excessively high blood pressure, with an untreated condition, et cetera.
- Labor/Delivery Errors. Many preventable mistakes can lead to birth injuries. Common errors that occur in the delivery room include the misuse of forceps or vacuums to deliver a child, failure to monitor the fetal monitors during labor, or ignoring a mother’s vitals in the labor room. The mother and the child can suffer significant trauma and injury, including oxygen deprivation, permanent disability, and internal bleeding. The child can suffer birth injuries such as cerebral palsy due to botched or delayed delivery or even death to the mother and/or child. This type of negligence not only can cause a lifetime of pain and disability, but they can also lead to an endless and unbearable financial burden that could have been avoided
- Sexual / physical assaults by hospital employees or other patients or visitors upon patients. These do happen and should be immediately investigated not only by law enforcement but also your medical malpractice lawyers. Healthcare facilities have a duty to prevent these occurrences from happening and if they do happen we can help you enforce your rights.
- Bedsores / Pressure Sores / decubitus ulcers: These are serious injuries with long term and sometimes life-threatening consequences. If you or a loved one develops a bed sore while admitted to a healthcare facility, our lawyers may be able to help you.
- Patient falls in health care facilities: Many patients are very susceptible to falls while in healthcare facilities due to their medical condition, medications, or other factors. When an injury results from a fall in a hospital or nursing home, our lawyers can investigate the incident and seek compensation for your injuries and associated financial costs.
- One of the most common forms of medical malpractice is the failure to diagnose or rendering the wrong diagnosis. Doctors can miss crucial medical conditions or diagnose a condition as another one. Without a proper diagnosis, the condition may worsen and may even progress past a treatable point, which can lead to injury or death.
- Medications Errors: Prescribing or administering medication that the patient is allergic to, over prescribing medications, or administering medications to the wrong patient have all been sources for medical malpractice lawsuits. This type of malpractice can have longstanding or even deadly results.
- Your doctor can only discharge you from the hospital if you are in the proper condition to receive this discharge. However, prematurely discharging you is a form of malpractice because you can suffer additional consequences. You can experience a worsening injury or illness, and some patients even die as a result of an undetected condition or medical hazard the doctor failed to treat.
If something just does not seem right, we can investigate for you what happened with no cost to you unless we win your case.
