Anaesthetic awareness, where a patient is conscious or wakes during surgery, can be a painful and frightening ordeal, with long-term psychological consequences. If you’ve experienced anaesthetic awareness because of negligent medical treatment by doctors or anaesthetists, our expert lawyers could help you make a compensation claim.
Cases of anaesthetic awareness are relatively rare, but when they do happen, there might be several causes, including:
- Incorrect dose or technique when administering anaesthetic
- Failure to monitor your awareness during surgery
- Problems with equipment.
The effects of anaesthetic awareness can vary, but may include:
- Pain during surgery, which you are unable to communicate to the medical staff
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Anxiety, sleeplessness, nightmares
- Fear of medical treatment and hospitals.
If you’ve experienced any of these symptoms after enduring anaesthetic awareness, we could help you make a compensation claim. Contact our team of experts to start your claim.
Why choose Irwin Mitchell to manage your anaesthetic awareness claim?
You’ll be offered a free initial consultation where you can ask any questions you may have about claiming. There’s no obligation to use our services after this consultation, but we’ll advise you whether we think you can claim.
We’re the largest medical negligence team in the country. Our team have helped thousands of people make a claim against both the NHS and private organisations for anaesthetic awareness.
We understand the long-term impact anaesthetic awareness can have on your life. Our Support and Rehabilitation team are clinical experts and will be there to help you find the support you could benefit from. They’ll make sure it’s suitable for you and that it’s local to you.
When you’ve received your compensation, you might have questions about managing and investing your money. Our Asset Management team is made up of financial experts who can help you make sure your money is there whenever you need it.
If suitable, we can also set up a personal injury trust. This’ll make sure any compensation you receive doesn’t impact on benefits you could claim.
We’ve offices around the UK, so when you need to meet with your expert, you’ve the option to come to one of our offices. If you’d prefer to talk over the phone or video call, we can arrange these for you or we can meet you at an appropriate location. We’ll always work in a way that best suits you.
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