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negligent resuscitation

In an emergency room setting, tension is high, and activity can become frantic when a patient goes into cardiac arrest. What happens the first few moments of cardiac arrest can determine the outcome of a patient. Sometimes, nurses, the typical first responder in the ER, can fail to recognize the emergency or fail to give life-saving CPR. This action may result in permanent brain damage or cellular damage due to lack of oxygen and, in some cases, even death.

Sometimes a patient’s history of sleep apnea in combination with other factors such as COPD, smoking or obesity is overlooked when administering an anesthetic. These factors have serious ramifications on the patient’s ability to continue breathing when undergoing anesthesia.

Medical professionals are charged with ensuring a patient is treated with the best possible medical care possible. Mistakes and bad decisions can have a traumatic impact on the health of a patient leading to long term injury or wrongful death.

Our results demonstrate our committment to helping our clients recover financial compensation to help families heal from an injury or wrongful death at the hands of a negligent act. If you or a loved one has suffered personal injury as the result of negligence, malpractice or carelessness, contact our Missouri personal injury lawyers online or call 314.621.0622 (toll free 877.621.0622) to schedule a FREE consultation and learn how the law can help you recover financial damages for your injuries.

The Missouri Injury Attorneys of Millikan Wright LLC focus serving the needs of the greater St. Louis Metropolitan area. On the Missouri side, our lawyers represent people injured in St. Louis city, St. Louis county, Jefferson county, Franklin county, St. Charles county, and Lincoln county. On the Illinois side, our attorneys represent people hurt in Madison county, St. Clair county and Monroe county.