Anaesthesia and ICU Claims
Anaesthesia errors may occur during
surgery, but most are recognised and corrected during the
procedure, so that patients rarely, if ever, learn about them.
Various other factors exist in operating
rooms giving rise to a high incidence of medication errors
during the administration of anaesthesia. Lack of staff,
overtime and odd working hours, inattention, poor communication,
carelessness, haste and fatigue are the common factors related
to medical professionals.
It is often only after a patient dies,
or if some serious problem is identified following surgery that
a patient or family may learn about some problem with the
anaesthesia.
Many patients will successfully survive
surgery only to develop serious problems in the post anaesthesia
recovery room, where the surgeon usually defers to the
anaesthetists for all evaluation and management decisions.
Complications from general anaesthesia are fortunately rare
nowadays, but if and when they do occur, they can be
catastrophic. Anaesthetists are also often involved with the
management of patients on intensive care units and with running
outpatient pain clinics.
Medical
Negligence Compensation
Compensation may be recovered if
negligence can be proved. However, it is important to always
bear in mind that patients are on an intensive care ward because
they are usually critically ill, and, because of the severity of
the underlying problems, the outcome may have been the same
irrespective of whether the care had been adequate or not. For
this reason these cases may not be straightforward.
Our Medical Negligence Solicitors are
able to call on their extensive network of medical experts and
other resources to help you win your case and receive the
highest level of compensation for your injuries.
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