Article: Legal Review & Commentary: Failure to refer, diagnose, and properly chart care leads to fatal cardiac arrest: $1.5M verdict.

Legal Review & Commentary

Failure to refer, diagnose, and properly chart care leads to fatal cardiac arrest: $1.5M verdict

By Radha V. Bachman, Esq. Lynn Rosenblatt, CRRN, LHRM

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC HealthSouth Sea Pines Rehabilitation Hospital

Tampa, Florida Melbourne, FL

News: A 59-year-old woman was admitted to the observation area of a local hospital. The woman was thought to have had an allergic reaction to cholesterol medication she was taking, and the staff recommended she remain under observation for 23 hours. The next morning, the woman experienced chest pains and the nurse administered meperidine and ...

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