{"id":5287,"date":"2020-08-03T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5287"},"modified":"2020-08-02T14:23:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T19:23:04","slug":"1-25-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-order-timely-ct-scan-in-aortic-dissection-death-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/1-25-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-order-timely-ct-scan-in-aortic-dissection-death-case\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.25 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Order Timely CT Scan in Aortic Dissection Death Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan O\u2019Neal Roach, 23, went to a hospital emergency room complaining of chest pain. The physician assistant, Amber Harring, examined him. Diagnostic tests were ordered including an EKG, chest X-ray and bloodwork. Harring later discharged Roach after diagnosing atypical chest pain and febrile illness. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, later that morning, Roach died of an aortic dissection. He was survived by his parents. <\/p>\n<p>The Roach family sued Harring, her employer, and her supervising physician, alleging they chose not to order a CT scan in light of Roach\u2019s grossly abnormal chest X-ray, which showed a wide mediastinum. A <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mediastinum\">mediastinum<\/a> is an abnormal membranous partition between two body cavities or two parts of an organ, especially between the lungs. A widened mediastinum is indicative of an aortic aneurysm or an aortic dissection and other life-threatening conditions. This condition should have been diagnosed and treated as a medical emergency.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/1-25-million-jury-verdict-in-failure-to-order-timely-ct-scan-in-aortic-dissection-death-case\/#more-5287\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan O\u2019Neal Roach, 23, went to a hospital emergency room complaining of chest pain. The physician assistant, Amber Harring, examined him. Diagnostic tests were ordered including an EKG, chest X-ray and bloodwork. Harring later discharged Roach after diagnosing atypical chest pain and febrile illness. Unfortunately, later that morning, Roach died of an aortic dissection. 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