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Anesthesia is the use of drugs to prevent patients from feeling pain during surgery. Now imagine you’ve been anesthetized, you are unconscious, and you can’t feel a thing. But awareness comes and the pain starts – you can feel the surgeon’s knife cutting into you, but you can’t move and you can’t speak. It’s a frightening prospect indeed.
This doesn’t happen often, and usually, the pain is numbed, and the time of awareness is brief. But anesthesia errors do happen. In a recent seven-year period, it occurred over 17,000 times and resulted in 131 deaths.
There are three ways of administering anesthesia, depending on the extent of its effects. These are local, regional, and general (the entire body).
Some common errors include:
Anesthesiologists may be responsible for your injuries if they fail to exercise a level of care that other anesthesiologists would in similar circumstances. If this failure occurs and results in your injury, you may be entitled to damages. These include out-of-pocket expenses for medical treatment, lost wages, pain and suffering, and emotional distress.
Anesthesiology is one of medical science’s landmark breakthroughs. It allows patients to undergo surgery without experiencing the pain of the operation. But the anesthesiologist walks a fine line – too much or too little anesthesia administered can cause excruciating pain or death.
If this happened to you or a loved one, you might be able to collect compensation. At The Doctor-Lawyer, we specialize in medical malpractice claims. Our dedicated lawyers are ready to give you stellar service in representing you and helping you get the compensation you deserve. Call us today at (833) 633-6257 or contact us online.
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