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You're probably here because you're looking for a medical malpractice attorney or seeking information about medical malpractice, surgical errors, and/or medical negligence. Please take the time to review this page, watch our videos, and order our free consumer reports about medical malpractice issues.
Thank you for taking a moment to review our web site medical malpractice/surgical error main page. Our goal is to provide you with detailed information regarding doctor mistakes, surgical errors, and medical negligence in North Carolina (NC) and South Carolina (SC). Please take a moment to review our in-depth library articles on surgical errors, birth injuries, etc., our video library on hospital negligence, dangerous prescription medications, and results of medical malpractice cases we've handled.
Our medical malpractice attorneys have authored two special free reports in this area of law. (1) Top Ten Tips from an Experienced Medical Malpractice Lawyers (2) Surgeries Gone Wrong: The Top 5 Surgical Errors and How Not to Become a Victim
After you've had a chance to review this information, please consider giving our firm a call at 1-800-752-0042 so you can have a confidential intitial consultation with an actual lawyer for free. Or, take a moment to fill out our quick contact form on the right side of this page and we'll give you a call ASAP.
Rest assured, the information we provide here is based on decades of legal experience. We understand the complexities of medical malpractice law and are ready to put that knowledge to work for you.
• Surgical errors - This includes anesthesia mistakes, improper sterilization, technical errors, nerve damage, unnecessary surgery, surgery on the wrong part of the body, foreign objects left in the body, and organ puncture.
• Wrong diagnosis and misdiagnosis - This includes misread x-rays, misread test results, failure to order common diagnostic tests, and ignored or missed symptoms. Commonly missed diagnoses include heart attacks, cancer, hypertension, clogged arteries, and infections.
• Negligent care - This includes the improper use of restraints, the improper administration of medication or wrong medication, hospital abuse, or lack of sufficient staff.
• Birth injury - These incidents happen during the baby’s delivery or shortly afterward. These injuries due to hospital errors may involve cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, or brain damage. The mistake may be the obstetrician's, nurses' or other treater in the maternity ward, but the common feature of these claims is the permanent, catastrophic injury to the mother or baby.
We Also Handle Nursing Home Abuse And Nursing Home Neglect Cases
When we place our loved ones into an adult care or elder care facility, we do so with the utmost love and respect, and with the assumption that they will receive sufficient care, attention, and medical support. Yet, according to CBS News, nursing home abuse is on the rise and roughly 30% of adult care facilities have been cited for abuse incidents.
Nursing home abuse can take many forms, including elder physical abuse, elder emotional abuse, elder neglect, elder verbal abuse, and elder sexual abuse. Some nursing home residents may be improperly restrained, some might be given the wrong medications or over medicated, some may suffer from bedsores, infections, and unclean environments, and some may suffer daily emotional abuse from staff members.
These abuses can lead to poor quality of life, medical issues, mental issues, depression, infections, slips and falls, broken bones, and even death.
Here are the most common signs of elder neglect and abuse:
• Bruises, cuts, frozen joints, sudden weight loss or bedsores on the body.
• Soiled sheets, insects, or other signs of neglect.
• The nurse or attendant does not leave the room when you visit.
• You are sometimes unable to see your loved one when you visit.
• Your loved one seems over-medicated or withdrawn.
• Sudden changes in behavior.
• Staff inattention
• Overuse of restraints.
If you see the signs of abuse or neglect in your loved one, act. We will seek justice for your elder loved one, try to prevent further abuse, and pursue the compensation you deserve.
Blog for Medical Malpractice/Doctor Mistakes
- 94-Year-Old Woman Sexually Molested in Nursing Home Receives $12.5 Million Settlement
- Perforated Bowel: A Preventable Surgical Mistake
- South Carolina Considers Broadening Medical Malpractice Caps
- New Study Shows Workplace Injuries May Go Untreated
- The Truth About Medical Malpractice
- Virginia Has Seen No Increase in Medical Malpractice Claims and Payouts
- Reusing Medical Equipment may have Exposed Patients to HIV, Hepatitis
- U.S Tracking System for Medical Implant Devices May Cost Lives
- We Cannot Forget the Victims When Discussing Tort Reform
- Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Account for Less Than 2 Percent of Overall Health Care Costs
- The Growing Dangers of Medical Spas-Risk of Medical Mistakes When Serious Procedures Not Done By Doctors
- A Deadly Medical Mistake in Hospital: Surgical Malpractice (Common and Preventable)
- North Carolina Unveils Nursing Home Rating System
- Hundreds of Patients May Have Contracted Blood Borne Illnesses After Machine Malfunction in Hanover County, North Carolina
- FDA Wants to Ban the World’s Top 2 Most Prescribed Pain Relievers?
- Obama to Consider Restrictions on Malpractice Suits
- Man Had Limbs Amputated Due to MRSA Infection, Awarded $17.5 Million
- Keep This In Mind While Facing Surgical Options
- Helping an Elderly Family Member That Has Been Neglected
- Birth Injuries and Medical Malpractice
- Seven Reasons Doctors Are Sued for Medical Malpractice
- Hospital Patient Safety a Big Concern as Nurses Hesitate to Report Errors
- Medical Negligence Cases for Delayed Cancer Treatment
- Do I Have a Valid Medical Malpractice Claim in North Carolina?
- Star News Editorial: Make Medical Malpractice Settlements Public
- The FDA Regulates the Marketing and Sales of Medical Devices Which Can Impact Outer Banks Residents Among Others
- The Best Way to Avoid Being a Victim of Medical Malpractice This July 4
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Library for Medical Malpractice/Doctor Mistakes:
- Anesthesia Errors And North Carolina Medical Malpractice
Description: One of the most common types of surgical errors have nothing to do with the surgeon and everything to do with the Anesthesiologist. Learn more about examples of anesthesia errors, why anesthesia errors occur, and how they can be prevented. - What Is The Role Of A North Carolina Medical Expert Witness?
Description: What is the role of a North Carolina medical malpractice expert witness? Learn more about why a medical expert is vital for a winning medical malpractice case and how medical experts can help juries better understand NC med mal lawsuits. - Does Your North Carolina Doctor Have A History Of Medical Malpractice?
Description: North Carolina lawmakers have recently decided to create a searchable online database of medical malpractice information for all NC doctors. This new database of medical malpractice information can help potential patients pick health professionals with stellar records. - North Carolina Statute Of Limitations And Medical Malpractice | North Carolina Medical Malpractice Attorney
Description: When you suffer from medical malpractice in North Carolina, you only have a small window of time to consult a lawyer and file a medical malpractice lawsuit. Learn more about the North Carolina medical malpractice statute of limitations in this legal article. - Medical Malpractice Statistics | North Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Description: Do you know how many people each year die because of medical malpractice? Or how many serious medication mistakes are made each year in the United States? Or what percentage of doctors are sued at some point during their careers? Learn some shocking medical malpractice statistics. - Medication Mistakes In North Carolina Nursing Homes | Nursing Home Neglect Attorney
Description: Medication mistakes are all too common in North Carolina nursing homes. Whether nursing home workers are forgetting medications, over-medicating, or stealing medications, your loved one's health could be seriously harmed by nursing home medication errors. - Stories of Wrong Side Surgery: A Terrifying Medical Error | Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawyers
Description: Imagine going in for a surgery only to wake up and find the operation was done on the wrong part of your body. Perhaps the wrong knee was operated on - or your healthy kidney was removed instead of the diseased one. Unfortunately, wrong side surgery happens far too often for no good reason. - The Frustrations of Dealing with Medicare
Description: If you're looking for a qualified attorney to handle your case, you've arrived at the right place. Our firm features attorneys with over 100 years of combined legal experience and a reputation for successful verdicts. Take a moment to review our videos and articles. You'll see why we're a top-notch injury law firm that's ready to work for you. Give us a call at 1-800-752-0042 for a FREE consultation. - North Carolina Wrong Diagnosis: NC Medical Malpractice | NC & SC Medical Malpractice Attorneys
Description: Did you know that misdiagnosed conditions lead to 40,000 to 80,000 deaths in our hospitals each year? Being diagnosed quickly and accurately is a large part of regaining your health, and a failure to diagnose can be harmful or deadly. Learn more about delayed diagnosis, wrong diagnosis, misdiagnosis, and failure to diagnose in North Carolina. - Four Common Reasons For Surgical Errors In The Carolinas
Description: Surgical errors can result in complications, infection, unnecessary surgery, and even death. Learn about the most common types of surgical errors, including equipment defects, equipment problems, wrong surgery, wrong side surgery, miscommunication, and wrong medication.
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- American Bar Association
Description: Personal Injury: General Medical Malpractice Information
- Good Medical Malpractice information site
Description: provides information and links to medical malpractice resources
- Medical Abbreviations
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- Emedicine
Description: A library of medical literature.
- Cochrane Collaboration
Description: A usefule website devoted to evidence based medicine.
- American Family Physician (the official publication of the American Academy of Family Physicians)
Description: A peer reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
- Gray's Anatomy
Description: Features 1247 vibrant engravings, many in color, from the classic 1918 publication from Bartleby.com.
- American Heart Association
Description: Learn more about the American Heart Association's efforts to reduce death caused by cardiovascular disease.
- Physician's Desk Reference
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- Cine-Med
Description: Video library
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