Quote Quoting lealea1005
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Blood clot(s) are a known possible complication of IV insertion as well as continuous indwelling IVs.
I would guess that defense could be overcome if:
  1. the patient has easily identifiable risk factors for clotting, of which overweight is one (birth control pills are another)
  2. those factors and the subsequent need for anti-coagulation in this patient should have been known by the ER doc


Quote Quoting Banditstephanie
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I have missed quite a bit of work, have had pain and suffering and have been just plain scared. Because of the ER doctor, I was put 2 days behind treatment and glad that I took initiative to get a second opinion.
Steph
If you look around at websites for medmal attorneys, you'll just about always see them saying phrases like "permanent and debilitating injuries". That's not a requirement of the law, but it is a usual requirement that a medmal attorney has a practical business matter. These cases are expensive to conduct, and so they want a strong possibility of a BIG payoff before they'd undertake one.

Also, since you might have a general propensity for clotting, I'd read up and see what can be done to prevent any future similar events. Good luck.