Massachusetts Personal Injury Library
Anesthesia Errors Due to Negligence (Part B)
Signs of Negligence in Anesthesia Errors
Because anesthesia errors in practice can result in severe injury or death, anesthesiologists are held to a high standard of care.
Continuous monitoring of patients and a thorough knowledge of drug interactions and reactions are required of anesthesiologists. This makes it easier to know when they are not performing their duties.
General Anesthesia Mistakes
Mistakes made in administering general anesthesia can be:
- Immediately detected and corrected
- Immediately detected but irreversible
- Detected late, causing some degree of injury
- Undetected until injury or death occur
In addition, inadequately preparing a patient for surgery can be considered negligent grounds for a medical malpractice claim. If your provider did not take a complete medical history or fully inform you about preoperative procedures, negligence may be a factor.
You will need professional advice to determine whether anesthesia dosage, timing, monitoring or interaction with other medicines caused your injuries.
You may experience:
- persistent coughing, talking or swallowing;
- muscle or joint soreness; or
- mental symptoms such as memory lapses.
If inadequate anesthesia was the cause, mental or physical stress from awareness during surgery may have resulted.
It can be difficult for you to determine whether someone else is responsible for causing your ongoing anxiety, muscle or joint pain, or memory problems that persist after surgery. Separating possible anesthesia errors from surgical stress or mistakes may require a professional opinion.
Before seeing the same or another health care provider, you should contact a personal injury attorney about how best to proceed. If you do file a lawsuit, any other actions you take in relation to the case could damage it rather than support it.
If you suspect negligence on the part of staff, consider how the criteria apply to your case so you can brief your attorney. With the supporting information, legal counsel can tell you if you have a case.
Contacting a Boston Medical Malpractice Lawyer
When you are interviewing personal injury attorneys in Boston ask critical questions, like:
- How long have you been practicing in Massachusetts?
- Do you have experience with medical malpractice cases in Boston?
- What is the largest settlement or verdict you’ve obtained for your clients in medical malpractice cases?
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