Idaho Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Protecting Clients and Clients' Loved Ones for a Combined 60 Years
Medical malpractice is generally perceived as direct injury to a patient, like the removal of the wrong limb, a surgical mistake or the failure to provide a needed medication. Errors in the administration of anesthesia, though, can also lead to serious harm. For example, common errors involving anesthesia and medical malpractice include and involve:
- Patients who are "under" too long, depriving their brains of oxygen
- Patients who awake during a procedure. Apart from the horror and pain of awaking during surgery, the surgery often has to halt until the anesthesiologist, nurse anesthetist or other medical professional succeeds in reanesthetizing the patient. Delays in carefully timed surgical procedures can lead to serious injuries
- Conversion errors. Conversion errors occur when anesthesiologists and other medical professionals make in errors in converting ounces to millimeters, milliliters to liters and so on. Conversion errors can lead to excessive or inadequate anesthetizing and subsequent injuries
- Other specific anesthesia errors include using too little or too much anesthesia, failure to anticipate or address an allergic reaction, failure to anticipate or address a harmful drug interaction, failure to properly monitor vital signs and failure to provide anesthesia in a timely manner.
Clearly, anesthesia deals with more than just pain management. An anesthesia error can lead to serious injuries, such as brain damage and even wrongful death.
If you or a loved one has been injured by carelessly or negligently administered anesthesia, the lawyers of the Boise, Idaho, law firm of Carty Houst can help. Attorneys Stuart Carty and Henry Houst Jr. have handled dozens of medical malpractice lawsuits, including anesthesia-related cases, and have recovered a combined millions of dollars for injured clients. For more information regarding anesthesia errors at no charge, contact our office.
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Carty Houst offers free initial consultations, is available for off-hour appointments and home and hospital visits, offers Spanish language and other language translation, and charges no fees unless we collect compensation for you. To contact us, call 208-342-3501 or 877-293-9300.
