I want to file a complaint with the state medical board of washington state for a possible case of malpractice. if that is possible.
I was in the ER last week having a very serious seizure, but because I was awake .. in an awakened state, the doctor refused to treat me or even define what was going as a seizure. I had to phone my neurologist from the er when the seizures were subsiding and I was able to make a call just to get any treatment. The neurologist clearly stated you can have a seizure while in an awakened state and do not have to be passed out in order to be symptomatic of one having a seizure.
I probably could just sue this doctor, but that's costly and timely and would rather just have him disciplined by the medical board. Doctors like this should not be practicing medicine. They should have their licenses revoked. Doctors like this will end up killing someone someday.
Peter H, That is not true.
1. Absence seizures only occur during an awakened or altered state of consciousness.
2. Epilepsy.com has 1000's of cases of seizures that people have had while in an awakened state. There is plenty of case history to document the fact that people can have seizures while awake.
3. A true definition of a epilepsy does not include anything about consciousness or unconsciousness.
"epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent seizures that may include repetitive muscle jerking called convulsions" (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine p. 3328 rd edition vol 4)
4. Sensory seizures also occur during an awakened state. You cannot have a sensory seizure while passed out. Its medically impossibly as it goes against what a Sensory seizure is.
5. Tonic-seizure can occur in an awakened state as they only involve muscle rigidity and nothing else. At least, from a true medical definition of what a tonic-seizure is.
BB
Each state has its own medical board and its own requirements for paperwork, etc to be completed.
Just do a search on google for the state in which you live.
Peter H
I'm with the ER doctor on this one. It is possible to experience a seizure on waking from sleep, but it is not possible to be awake during a true seizure. Your complaint will be filed but not acted on.
Anna Sophia
You might try writing to the hospital/ER he works at. Complain to them and threaten legal action. Describe explicitly what the doctor did. If they fire him, he's as good as done. No one will hire a doctor who was fired for improper medical treatment.
John de Witt
I don't know about Washington, but in my state you can file a complaint on-line from the medical board's website.
On the other hand, there's nothing in your post that suggests malpractice, or even a solid reason to think you got substandard care. Complex partial seizures without generalization, or absence seizures, do not usually require emergent treatment, and indeed the drugs used to treat them do not work rapidly, so your expectations in going to the emergency department may have been unrealistic.
I'd also point out that there are four conditions that must be met for malpractice. The first is that the physician must have a duty to treat, and that is not completely clear. The second is that there must be an injury, and you haven't admitted to such. The third is that the standard of care has not been met, and there's nothing in your post to suggest that. The fourth is that the breach in the standard of care must be the proximate cause of the injury, which is obviously problematic without knowing of any injury or breach in the standard of care. It seems to me that what you do have is a valid complaint about general consumer satisfaction, and that is usually best handled by a complaint to the emergency department director.
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