Anesthesia Errors
Anesthesia Errors
There is some risk to any medical procedure and childbirth anesthesia is no different. Anesthesia errors must be carefully avoided to help mothers give birth painlessly without causing injury to the mother or infant.
Anesthesiologists sometimes make mistakes. Medication dosage errors, failure to adequately monitor patients and adjust medications based on patient vital signs can result in serious injuries to the patient. Infants are also at risk. If anesthesia errors occur, a newborn can suffer brain damage, stroke or even death.
Medication Dosage Errors
Proper administration of anesthesia requires a highly skilled anesthesiologist to evaluate the patient’s medical record and choose an appropriate mix of medications for anesthesia. Errors can occur in the administration of an epidural or during an emergency c-section, causing serious harm to the mother.
Failure to Monitor
During any surgery, the anesthesiologist must carefully monitor the patient throughout the procedure and adjust medications as necessary. If an anesthesiologist takes a break from his or her post, leaving the patient unmonitored, serious complications and injury may result.
Patient Compensation for Anesthesia Errors
When medical professionals fail to utilize the appropriate standard of medical care, preventable anesthesia errors can result. Medical negligence may come from the anesthesiologist, the obstetrician and nurses or even from hospital management when directors fail to install adequate policies on anesthesia practices.
Medical malpractice lawsuits are complicated and require a skilled, experienced medical malpractice lawyer, like the attorneys at Shapiro Law Group. Negligence can be difficult to prove. In some cases, it is difficult to determine just who made the mistake. Our attorneys know how to sift through the evidence and find the cause of the injury.
Contact Shapiro Law Group
If your child has suffered a birth injury due to anesthesia errors and you suspect that its cause is medical malpractice, contact the Shapiro Law Group for answers to your questions. Our team of experienced medical malpractice attorneys is here to help.
