Ms. Gadner's Negligence Case Study: Bay Hospital
Tort Case Study In Ms. Gadner’s case, numerous negligent actions were performed by numerous healthcare professionals. Unfortunately, this negligence cost the plaintiff her life from a preventable and treatable diagnosis. Below, detailed discussion of the case will be used to prove negligence by the numerous professionals and healthcare organization.
Ms. Gadner’s Case
Potential Defendants First, the defendant that would be presumed the most liable for this heinous act would be Bay Hospital. Bay Hospital is the healthcare facility in which the physicians and nurses were employed. Subsequently, they presume the liability for their staff even if the facility did not perform a negligent act. Next, Dr. Dick, the emergency room physician, would …show more content…
Dick is considered an employee of the hospital as a second-year resident. Fundamentally, vicarious liability requires that the employer is responsible for the torts of its’ employees even though the facility was not negligent. Furthermore, the doctrine of vicarious liability only extends to the facility, and not the individual physician, when the physician is considered a hospital employee. Within vicarious liability, interns and residents are generally considered employees of the hospital (Furrow et al., 2105). In this case, Bay Hospital is responsible for Dr. Dick’s negligence since he is a second-year …show more content…
For example, shock symptoms, heart attack, stroke, and traumas. If a patient presents to the ED with a specific set of symptoms that correlates to any of these four categories, then specific treatment, tests, and procedures will be implemented for every patient, every time. Now, an additional policy needs to be immediately implemented to ensure the transfer of patients to larger hospitals when quality care within Bay Hospital cannot be ensured. In order to successfully implement these order sets, specific education will be needed for physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, phlebotomists, and radiology (personal communication, February 16,
Ms. Gadner’s Case
Potential Defendants First, the defendant that would be presumed the most liable for this heinous act would be Bay Hospital. Bay Hospital is the healthcare facility in which the physicians and nurses were employed. Subsequently, they presume the liability for their staff even if the facility did not perform a negligent act. Next, Dr. Dick, the emergency room physician, would …show more content…
Dick is considered an employee of the hospital as a second-year resident. Fundamentally, vicarious liability requires that the employer is responsible for the torts of its’ employees even though the facility was not negligent. Furthermore, the doctrine of vicarious liability only extends to the facility, and not the individual physician, when the physician is considered a hospital employee. Within vicarious liability, interns and residents are generally considered employees of the hospital (Furrow et al., 2105). In this case, Bay Hospital is responsible for Dr. Dick’s negligence since he is a second-year …show more content…
For example, shock symptoms, heart attack, stroke, and traumas. If a patient presents to the ED with a specific set of symptoms that correlates to any of these four categories, then specific treatment, tests, and procedures will be implemented for every patient, every time. Now, an additional policy needs to be immediately implemented to ensure the transfer of patients to larger hospitals when quality care within Bay Hospital cannot be ensured. In order to successfully implement these order sets, specific education will be needed for physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, phlebotomists, and radiology (personal communication, February 16,