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Patient Went Into Cardiac Arrest Following Allergy Shot
Posted on Dec 18, 2009
Selena Angeloff was diagnosed with chronic sinusitis, extrinsic asthma, allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis. She was receiving immunotherapy shots for several months by allergist Jack Armstong, M.D. of the Medical Arts Allergy P.C. in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
After receiving a shot, Ms. Angeloff came out of the examination room of the facility. She was short of breath, wheezing and exhibiting cyanosis. She was given a nebulizer and collapsed, unconscious and without a pulse. She was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
Ms. Angeloff suffered cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, hypoxia and anoxia, which led to her death an hour after she was taken to the hospital.
Decedent’s estate sued the doctor, his staff and practice for wrongful death and medical malpractice. Their claims included negligence against the defendants for failing to adequately treat the decedent as a high-risk patient given her past medical history, for failing to adequately ventilate and/or provide oxygen after the decedent collapsed and allowing the nurse defendants to provide care to the decedent beyond the scope of their respective professions, licenses, skills and/or experience.
A settlement in excess of $300,000.00 was reached between the parties.
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