Anesthesia Errors

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Sheldon describes how a routine elective surgery left his wife with permanent anoxic brain injury, requiring around-the-clock care. Attorney Joseph Cammarata took the case to trial and secured a jury verdict exceeding $35 million — a record in the Commonwealth of Virginia at the time.

Sheldon (00:05): In October of 2015, which we just hit our nine-year anniversary, my wife went in for elective back surgery. And the course of that surgery, the surgeon nicked a stomach artery coming from the back and it took them 22 minutes to figure out how to stop the bleeding. They didn’t know where it was coming from. So essentially my wife coded for 22 minutes, no oxygen, no blood getting to the brain, she should have died. But they finally sutured her up and she lived because she’s a fighter, but she now and then had anoxic brain injury and nine years later she still can’t perform any of the activities of daily living. She never will be able to. She’s incontinent. She requires a caregiver 24/7, and I’m that caregiver about 70% of the time. My kids were 13 and 16 at the time. So I had to kind of say, well, mommy’s not coming home from the hospital the next day, and eventually your mother’s not going to be coming home the same.

Sheldon (01:00): So they now kind of take care of her and they don’t have a mom anymore that they knew, and I can’t replace her in that sense. Her salary and she was working at the time, was going to go to the college education and I was working. So it changed a lot of things, but primarily we just lost the person we knew to love. So at the point when I finally realized I wanted to get some legal assistance, I shopped around a little bit and then I thought about Joe and I’m glad I did. So I came to this office and we talked about the case and he was aware that she’d been injured, but didn’t know any of the details, and he looked into it and said, this is a case I want to take on. I want to help you guys. The jury voted in favor of us.

Sheldon (01:49): The award was the highest in this Commonwealth of Virginia at the time. It was excess of 35 million. Help you address it. Do you know that I had anoxic brain interest? You do. So if I was in my shoes again or talking to someone about what they would do, I would call this firm. I think they’re really great. They’re good people. They’ve been doing this for a long time. So I just think you would get a fair shake here and you would be well treated. And it’s not, again, just attorneys. It’s a team of people behind the scenes that will help you. So I’m not being paid to give this endorsement, but I think they’re really good for.

Anesthesia Errors

Failure to Administer Anesthesia Correctly

A mistake in the administration of anesthesia during a medical procedure can be disastrous. If not performed correctly, anesthesia can cause permanent injures, brain damage, memory loss, or even death.

Like many cases of medical malpractice, anesthesia mistakes can occur during the medical procedure, as well as pre-operative and postoperative care. Also, the incorrect administration of anesthesia can occur in places outside the hospital, like dentist offices and cosmetic surgery clinics.

Anesthesia requires the use of many different and special techniques and drugs. Because of this, the chances for mistakes being made in either the administration of anesthesia or the maintenance of the body while under the effects of anesthesia is fairly large.

Most of the time, if there is a mistake related to the anesthesia, the anesthesiologist causes it. Mistakes can occur due to improper diagnosis or examination by the anesthesiologist. If they do not check for possible allergies or medical conditions, then the effects of the anesthesia could turn deadly.

Failing to monitor the condition of a patient, who is under anesthesia, can cause a number of very dangerous medical problems or even death. If you or a loved one has been injured or even killed by anesthesia, contact a medical malpractice lawyer immediately. An experienced medical malpractice lawyer can help you determine who is liable for any damage.

There are many different people that could be held liable for a mistake involving anesthesia, including the anesthesiologist, surgeon, doctor, nurse, hospital, clinic, dentist, and any other medical staff. An anesthesia mistake can be very serious and can leave you with many different damages, including pain and suffering, loss of wages, and unnecessary medical bills.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical malpractice involving anesthesia in Washington, DC contact an experienced medical malpractice lawyer at Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C. Our lawyers will work hard to get you the compensation you deserve.

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