Patients suffer injury as a result of anaesthetic mistakes and errors, including equipment errors, drug dosage errors, human errors, or medical staff not following established protocol.
Some examples of negligence by an anaesthetist include:
Administering the wrong type or dose of anaesthesia
Administering anaesthesia too late
Failing to put a patient under anaesthesia
Failing to properly manage the administration of medications and fluids
Intubation mistakes and errors
Patient monitoring errors
Contaminated anaesthetic drugs or anaesthetic delivery equipment
