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Opening the Closed Door: How Failure-to-Rescue Theory Unlocks Hospital Liability Cases
Some hospital cases appear difficult to evaluate when the initial diagnosis or treatment was reasonable. The liability question may emerge later—when the patient began to deteriorate and the healthcare team failed to recognize, communicate, escalate, or respond to the developing emergency.
In Opening the Closed Door: How Failure-to-Rescue Theory Unlocks Hospital Liability Cases, Michelle Carroll explains how attorneys can reconstruct the clinical deterioration pathway and identify missed opportunities to intervene before preventable harm occurred.
This episode examines:
• The patient’s…
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