Is a Tired Doctor Liable for Medical Malpractice? | Legal FAQ
Medical errors can have devastating consequences, and one often overlooked factor in malpractice cases is medical professional fatigue. In this FAQ video, Brian L. Salvi discusses how over-scheduling and fatigue can contribute to medical errors and how these factors are investigated in malpractice claims.
When a surgeon or doctor has been on shift for 24 to 36 hours without a break, their ability to perform may be severely compromised. Learn why investigating a medical practitioner's experience and workload is a critical part of building a malpractice case.
Key Topics in This Video:
[00:06] The importance of investigating a medical practitioner's experience and schedule.
[00:19] How over-scheduling and fatigue can lead to medical malpractice.
[00:33] The impact of long shifts (24-36 hours) on medical professional performance.
[00:44] How fatigue is incorporated into a medical malpractice case theory.
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Transcript
Brian Salvi:
In every malpractice case, it's important to investigate the nature and experience of whoever the medical practitioner is involved in the case as a potential defendant. And one of the things that can be of interest as we're exploring how malpractice occurred can be either the inexperience or the overscheduling or over fatigue of a particular surgeon or medical professional. If there is evidence to suggest that part of the reason why malpractice occurred is because the medical professional had been overworked or had been on shift for, say, 24, 36 hours straight without a break, and that their fatigue contributed to their lack of performance, then that's certainly something that we would incorporate into the theory of the case.
