How to Evaluate Nerve Block Cases? If Plaintiff, Proceed With Caution

What’s the Hardest Anesthesia MedMal Litigation?

Nerve injury cases (𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚)

I have reviewed over 30 screenings for nerve injuries
↳ Most common reply: "Unfortunate, but 𝙉𝙊 breaches"

The hardest plaintiff obstacles in nerve injury litigation:

• The consent form lists the risk of paralysis
• The ultrasound is used to localize the nerve
• The anesthesiologist discusses risk of neuropathy
• The patient is sedated but kept awake for feedback
• The consent form is universally signed by the patient

But once a nerve injury happens, attorneys are called

• Patients claim they did not know the risks
• Patients claim the anesthesiologists deviated
• Patients claim the procedure was done poorly

But there is rarely evidence of this in the records
↳So I advise the attorneys their case has no merit

There either are breaches in standards or there aren't ... and most peripheral nerve block cases are:
↳ "𝙐𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙉𝙊 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨"

𝗣.𝗦. - 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀?