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do i have to be represented by attorney in my state
Asked on Jan 09th, 2014 on Medical Malpractice - Alabama
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mom went to have a toe amputated, had a bypass in hip to be placed in leg was 1day from being discharge. was given a shot of insulin,i was at beside of mom, Rn nurse administried a shot of insulin,mom and i were talking she was very alert, 2 nurse aids were making up her bed,within a few seconds she went into cardiac arrest, rn did not exit the door mom imediately went to cardiac arrest,niether rn nor nurse aissistants gave her cpr. rn ran to call code blue, nurse assistant panic and start calling mom she look at me and i start saying moma moma ,nurse aid stood there and kept calling her name ,it took code blue 10 to 15 min, to get there, but in the meantime no one attempted cpr. i was taken ouside in the hall while mom was in the room alone with noone trying cpr mom became brain dead and died. . there was negilegence and delay of medical assistant . i was there mom and i was talking shad the nusres laughing then after the shot inmediately went tocardiac arrest.
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First, there is reason to question whether the dosage of the insulin was off. Second, the the response as you describe it sounds negligent as well.
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Answered on Jan 11th, 2014 at 2:15 PM