Three EMS units went to the wrong address for a cardiac arrest, causing a 12-minute delay. The patient’s heart was restarted, but severe and permanent brain damage left him disabled.
The family won a jury verdict after years of litigation. Key takeaways: verify locations, use closed-loop communication, avoid cognitive biases, and remember that every minute counts—time is brain.

Three EMS units went to the wrong address for a cardiac arrest, causing a 12-minute delay. The patient’s heart was restarted, but severe and permanent brain damage left him disabled. The family won a jury verdict after years of litigation. Key takeaways: verify locations, use closed-loop communication, avoid cognitive biases, and remember that every minute counts—time is brain.

Wrong Address, Lost Minutes: EMS Error Leaves Patient Brain-Damaged

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In each episode of Medical Malpractice Insights: Learning from Lawsuits, we dive into real-life medical malpractice lawsuits—examining what happened, the decisions that led to poor patient outcomes, and the legal and ethical consequences. Then, we bring in experts from the field to break down what could have been done differently to prevent the lawsuit from happening in the first place.Because one poor patient outcome is one too many. Let’s learn from past mistakes—so we never make the same one twice.

In each episode of Medical Malpractice Insights: Learning from Lawsuits, we dive into real-life medical malpractice lawsuits—examining what happened, the decisions that led to poor patient outcomes, and the legal and ethical consequences. Then, we bring in experts from the field to break down what could have been done differently to prevent the lawsuit from happening in the first place. Because one poor patient outcome is one too many. Let’s learn from past mistakes—so we never make the same one twice.

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Wrong Address, Lost Minutes: EMS Error Leaves Patient Brain-Damaged

Wrong Address, Lost Minutes: EMS Error Leaves Patient Brain-Damaged