Stroke Malpractice by Hospitals

Stroke Malpractice: Hospital Stroke Centers

Mark Kaire - a Miami, Florida Medical Malpractice Lawyer

A hospital is the place where people who are at a high risk of stroke must go in order to receive the necessary monitoring and care. Under a nurse's watchful eye in the ICU, medication can be administered quickly to prevent a stroke from causing serious harm.

But sometimes, things go wrong. ICU staffers aren't as watchful as they should be, they fail to make their rounds, they miss the obvious warning signs … and the results can be disastrous.

Mark Kaire has an excellent record representing the victims of malpractice when stroke centers fail their patients. For a free consultation, call 305-372-0123 or call 866-752-1952 toll-free. You can also contact us online and we'll respond soon.

"Transient Ischemic Attacks" - How the Hospital Should Respond

A "transient ischemic attack" is not a stroke - but it is a sign that a stroke is coming soon. It has most of the same symptoms - dizziness, nausea, headache, loss of vision in one eye - but unlike a full-blown stroke, it will eventually resolve itself.

Whenever a patient suffers a transient ischemic attack, it should put the hospital on high alert. The patient needs to be placed in a stroke center. He or she must be monitored every two hours to check for symptoms of an impending stroke.

Hospital Personnel Have Two Hours to Respond

Once stroke symptoms start to set in, the nurses have two hours to administer the drug tPA - "Tissue Plasminogen Activator." Strokes are caused when blood clots block the flow of blood to the brain, and tPA dissolves those clots.

If the doctors wait more than two hours to administer this drug, it might be too late. The result will be permanent brain damage or death. That's why stroke centers need to check on their patients at least every two hours to test for warning signs.

When the stroke center misses the signs of a stroke, malpractice may be the root cause. If your loved one died or was disabled by a preventable stroke, malpractice attorney Mark Kaire can help.

Call 305-372-0123 or 866-752-1952 toll-free to schedule a free consultation. You can also contact us online, and we'll respond as soon as possible.