Overview

This page concerns a high-risk patient housed at Doctors Hospital of Augusta while awaiting nursing-home placement, where pressure wounds allegedly were repeatedly noted but not adequately treated or prevented from worsening until a deep infected wound developed and became chronic and debilitating.

System Doctors Hospital of Augusta
Fact pattern High-risk patient developed a deep infected pressure wound that allegedly was not prevented or treated in time
Alleged harm Chronic sacral pressure wound and bone infection

Chronology

  1. Alice Warren was housed at Doctors Hospital of Augusta (DHA) pending placement in a nursing home.
  2. Because she was at high risk of developing pressure wounds, prevention and treatment were especially important.
  3. Despite repeatedly noting the presence of pressure wounds, nurse and physician staff allegedly did essentially nothing to treat the wounds and prevent them from worsening.
  4. By the time any physician provided treatment, Alice had a deep infected wound on her buttock area, and the wound has never healed.

Alleged failures

Nurse and physician staff allegedly failed to prevent pressure wounds in a patient known to be at high risk.

Staff allegedly did essentially nothing to treat repeatedly noted pressure wounds before they worsened.

The delay in treatment allegedly allowed a deep infected wound to develop and become chronic and debilitating.

Entities

Doctors Hospital of Augusta (DHA)Nurse staffPhysician staffPressure woundsButtock areaNursing home placement
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