Negligent Sepsis Care and How to Claim Compensation
Sepsis can be life-changing and, if its consequences are due to substandard medical care, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation.
The potential devastation of sepsis
The consequences of sepsis can be extremely severe. At its worst, this terrifying illness can bring about the death of the patient due to multiple organ failure. Even where the patient survives, they can suffer long-term debilitating symptoms affecting them physically, psychologically and cognitively as well as financially. In essence, it can be life-changing and, when this is considered to be the consequences of negligent medical care, it may be appropriate to make a claim for compensation which should help to address some of the difficulties associated with the illness.
Negligent medical care related to sepsis may occur in a variety of ways from prevention, to diagnosis, to treatment:
- A failure to carry out a necessary risk assessment prior to a surgical procedure, leading to the patient developing an infection and triggering sepsis
- A failure to provide prophylactic antibiotics, allowing a patient to develop sepsis and causing life-changing difficulties
- A failure to diagnose a condition such as inflammatory bowel disease, leading to a bowel perforation and sepsis
- A failure to recognise the signs and symptoms of sepsis leading to a delay in diagnosis and treatment
- A failure to provide appropriate, adequate and timely treatment of sepsis
Claiming compensation for medical negligence
If sepsis and its appalling consequences have caused a patient to suffer a reduced quality of life and significant financial losses, they are entitled to claim compensation for those consequences. For example, the long-term impact of sepsis can reduce an individual's ability to work and earn a living. It can affect their ability to function independently, rendering them reliant on care. The financial losses associated with this situation would be incorporated into a successful compensation claim.
The complexities of a patient's hospital care and the urgency of dealing with sepsis can create scenarios of patient experience which require the skills and expertise of the best medical experts to unravel. The ways in which the patient has been affected likewise require meticulous and skilled assessment.
Consequently, if you believe that you may have been the victim of negligent medical care, you need to gain the advice of a medical negligence legal specialist. They will be able to access your medical records and negotiate the best settlement on your behalf.
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