When the Anesthesiologist Makes an Error …
Anesthesia is a medical specialty for good reason — anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists must be highly trained to properly sedate patients for medical procedures. At Snyder & Wenner in Phoenix, Arizona, our medical malpractice attorneys rely on a network of medical experts to investigate suspected anesthesia errors.
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A small percentage of anesthesia errors — about four percent — are due to equipment failures, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The other anesthesia errors are caused by human error. If you suspect that anesthesia error has caused you to have a serious injury or has caused the death of a loved one, contact the medical malpractice trial lawyers at Snyder & Wenner.
What kinds of mistakes cause anesthesia errors?
Human error can result in over-sedation or under-sedation of a patient. Among the anesthesia mistakes that can cause wrongful death or serious injury are:
- Failure to properly assess the patient prior to surgery
- Breathing circuit disconnections
- Swaps of drug syringes
- Gas-flow control errors
- Losses of gas supply
- Failure to monitor anesthesia equipment
- Failure to monitor the patient
Anesthesia errors — whether because of equipment or human mistakes — can cause serious injury or death. Contact Snyder & Wenner for a free consultation with an attorney who knows how to investigate and litigate complex medical issues.
