Approach Anesthesia Litigation Only With a Trusted Partner

𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆: "𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥?"

𝗠𝗲: "𝘛𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺..."

Anesthesia medical malpractice litigation is intimidating
↳𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁

But is that really what happened?

To a trained anesthesiologist's eye, the answer is 𝙉𝙊

The rules for anesthesia are quite clear:

• Standard monitors must be used
• Expedient decisions must be made
• Blood pressure must be maintained
• Staffing models must be reasonable
• Help must be summoned if in trouble
• Blocks must be performed up to standard
• Shortcuts in interventions must be avoided
• ACLS must be run according to certification
• Correct transfusion ratios must be administered
• Supervision ratios must adhere to societal guidelines

When bad outcomes happen in anesthesia
↳𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻

To the outside world, it appears like a random outcome

To the trained eye, the differential is clear, and the sequence of events is logical (𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚)

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆:
Do not try to outsource complex anesthesiology evaluations to non-anesthesiologists
↳𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱

𝗣.𝗦. - 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, "𝙉𝙊. 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴?"