Pulling Back the Curtain on Expert Witness Timeline

What does an anesthesia medical malpractice review look like❓ ... 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩:

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In the summer of 2022, I was retained in a matter involving a massive hemorrhage and post-op death.

Here's how it went down:

𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
• Attorney scheduled a free "Litigation Consult" off my LinkedIn profile or business website

𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
• Zoom "Litigation Consult" was held
• Attorney opinions were expressed
• Conflicts of interest were ruled out
• The medical records were emailed

𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
• Expert retainer check was received and deposited

𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
• Anesthesiology case review was completed
• Attorney was prompted to schedule a meeting

𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
• A follow-up Zoom meeting was held with senior partner, paralegal, and in-house LNC
• The medical records were discussed at length
• Share-screen was used extensively to highlight key passages and values
• Final thoughts and opinions were given (𝙉𝙤 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩)

𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟯𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
• Final invoice was emailed to Attorney

𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
• Payment for final invoice was received
• Pleasantries were exchanged via email and attorney-expert relationship was severed (𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚)


Final case thoughts were:

1. The resuscitation was appropriate
2. The call for help was done appropriately
3. The ratio of blood products was textbook
4. The anesthesiologists did the best they could
5. There were no breaches in the standard of care
6. The placement of intravenous access was perfect
7. The massive transfusion protocol was correctly run

And most importantly...

The patient's death was not due to any breaches of care by the intra-operative anesthesia team

𝘽𝙪𝙩❗

The critical care team was probably below standard due to 𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙊

And you should have an intensivist review the case

Bonus: Here's the emails of 3 experts I'd recommend


𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣-𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙 (𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙊)❓