Anesthesia Malpractice and Anaesthesia Mistakes

Errors in the administration or monitory of anesthesia, or the British spelling
anaesthesia, can cause very serious problems including brain damage and even death. Whenever you have any type of invasive surgical procedure different kinds of anesthesia may be needed to help alleviate pain.

The drugs given to a patient during surgery make the patient completely reliant on the anesthesiologist for insuring their proper breathing. Many times the administration of the anesthesia can be more dangerous to the patient than the surgery itself.

Although anesthesia related deaths are down from approximately one in every 5,000 cases 20 years ago to about one death per 250,000 cases, nurse anesthesia malpractice accounts for almost twenty percent of all nurse malpractice cases in 2006.

Some of the leading causes of anesthesia malpractice include:
- Failure to obtain informed consent;
- Failure to give the patient proper pre-anesthesia instructions;
- Overdose of anesthesia drugs;
- Adverse interaction between drugs;
- Intubation complications;
- Failure to properly monitor the patient;
- Defective equipment;
- Oxygen administration complications;
- Improper monitoring of blood pressure, pulse and respiration.

Anesthesia errors can cause a number of complications which could include:

- Heart attack;
- Nerve damage;
- Paralysis;
- Stroke;
- Brain damage;
- Coma;
- Seizures;
- Death

Not every unexpected adverse reaction to anesthesia is the result of
medical malpractice or doctor malpractice however sometimes the errors anesthesiologists make result in anesthesiologist malpractice which could result in an award of money damages for:

- Past medical bills;
- Future medical bills;
- Rehabilitative care;
- Vocational training;
- Loss of income;
- Pain and suffering;
- Permanent disability;
- Spousal loss of consortium

If you suspect that you or someone you know is the victim of anesthesiologist
malpractice please fill out our brief on line form to us see if we might be able to help you.
If you suspect you are a medical malpractice victim for any reason, it is recommended that you seek legal advice immediately.

Attorney Richard Hastings, for the past two and one half decades, has been helping injured clients and families collect millions of dollars in losses ranging from motor vehicle accidents to wrongful death, to medical malpractice. He is the founder of Selectcounsel, LLC, a free service that helps you find one of the best lawyers in your area and is the author of the books “How To Find A Great Lawyer” and “Understanding And Improving The Value Of Your Personal Injury Case.”
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