{"id":361,"date":"2015-06-15T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagonursinghomelawyersblog.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2015-06-11T21:30:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T02:30:40","slug":"500000-jury-verdict-against-hospital-for-failure-to-prevent-bedsores-to-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/500000-jury-verdict-against-hospital-for-failure-to-prevent-bedsores-to-patient\/","title":{"rendered":"$500,000 Jury Verdict Against Hospital for Failure to Prevent Bedsores to Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salvador Palmieri was 86 when he underwent heart surgery and then experienced complications, which necessitated prolonged hospitalization in his hospital bed. A week after surgery, a nurse noticed new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/bedsores\/basics\/definition\/con-20030848\">bedsores<\/a> on his buttocks.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital\u2019s wound care nurse recommended cleaning and dressing the wound. However, a few months later, while Palmieri was still hospitalized, he became <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/sepsis\/basics\/symptoms\/con-20031900\">septic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palmieri was transferred to another hospital where he was diagnosed as having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npuap.org\/resources\/educational-and-clinical-resources\/npuap-pressure-ulcer-stagescategories\/\">Stage IV sacral pressure sore<\/a>, sepsis and other sores on his extremities. In spite of the medical treatment given, Palmieri died of sepsis, respiratory and kidney failure. He was survived by his wife and two adult sons.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/500000-jury-verdict-against-hospital-for-failure-to-prevent-bedsores-to-patient\/#more-361\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salvador Palmieri was 86 when he underwent heart surgery and then experienced complications, which necessitated prolonged hospitalization in his hospital bed. A week after surgery, a nurse noticed new bedsores on his buttocks. The hospital\u2019s wound care nurse recommended cleaning and dressing the wound. 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