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Anaesthetic Awareness Claims
What is Anaesthetic Awareness?
Very rarely a patient may have awareness during surgery. Usually the patient is only aware for a part of the operation. However, on occasions the patient is aware throughout the whole procedure.
Patients' anaesthetic awareness experiences range from awareness of conversations to pain from incisions. Naturally, this is a horrendous experience to go through and can cause psychiatric reactions such as nightmares or, in the more extreme cases, suicide.
How does it happen?
How a general anaesthetic works on the body is not fully understood. Similarly, it is not fully understood how patients have awareness during surgery. There are many reasons such as:
Inadequate dosageFailure to take a full pre-anaesthetic historyFaulty equipmentResistance to anaesthetic
Steps can, and should, be taken to avoid awareness during surgery.
Our Medical Lawyers have years of experience of dealing with medical negligence claims, including anaesthetic awareness claims. Many of our Lawyers are highly regarded throughout the country.
Our Anaesthetic Awareness Claims Lawyers are able to conduct your claim on a No Win No Fee agreement or, if you are eligible, using Legal Aid.
If you believe that you have an Anaesthetic Awareness Claim, contact us today to discuss your claim with a specialist Anaesthetic Awareness Claims Lawyer.
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