Anesthesia Errors

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Anesthesia is a very common mixture of medications administered to patients prior to certain surgical procedures to aid in relaxation, drowsiness, and unconsciousness. The main purpose of anesthesia is to put the patient in a state where he/she does not feel any pain during surgery or some other medical or dental procedure. Unfortunately, a large number of anesthesia errors occurs each year in the United States, and this type of medical malpractice is particularly disturbing because the patient is sedated or unconscious at the time of the error.

The law offices of Trantolo & Trantolo specialize in medical malpractice cases of all kinds including failure to diagnose, surgical errors, birth injuries and prescription errors.

In any surgery that requires anesthesia, the risk of complications greatly increases. It has been said that it is actually the anesthesia that is more dangerous to the patient than the procedure itself. Problems with anesthesia often result in catastrophic injuries and death. Anesthesiologists usually pay higher medical malpractice premiums than most other medical specialties because of the number of things that can go wrong and how serious the results of those problems or errors can be.

Are Only Doctors Responsible?
While anesthesia injuries and deaths are most often thought of as occurring in the operating room, they can actually occur in a number of other settings including dentists' offices, during labor and child delivery, in pre-operative and recovery rooms, and during minor out-patient procedures in doctors' offices or surgical clinics.

There are other potential defendants in anesthesia-related medical malpractice cases besides anesthesiologists. Nurses, nurse anesthetists, dentists, medical doctors, and surgeons have all been defendants in these types of cases. Demonstrating the negligence or malpractice of the anesthesiologist or anesthesia staff, however, is difficult because the plaintiff was unconscious or sedated at the time of the malpractice, and medical records in these cases are often minimal or "lost" altogether. A serious injury or death in an operating or procedure room has a tendency to create panic amongst the medical professionals involved; this is when records tend to be altered or lost.

For this reason, you need a medical malpractice attorney on your side who has experience in hiring experts in document analysis to examine medical records and determine if alterations were made. You need a medical malpractice attorney who has years of experience with the medical field and malpractice issues to help you navigate the long, complicated, and often confusing process of medical malpractice claims.

If you or a loved one has suffered or died due to Anesthesia Medical Malpractice in Hartford, Bridgeport, or New Haven, Connecticut, please contact Trantolo & Trantolo LLC today to schedule your initial consultation.