Paxton estate settles with anesthesia group

[Mman]

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Not me. I do what'd best for everyone and that includes myself and my colleagues. I treat every patient individually based on his/her circumstance and weigh the risk/benefit for every procedure I do.

That is agreeing with me. I do the best I can for everybody. I don't change to suboptimal practice for inane reasons. I tailor the anesthetic to the medical needs of the patient irrespective of who they are. I do not do nerve blocks on professional athletes, but I do them on random scrubs on the college team, not because of lawsuits but because it is the correct thing to do for them.

 

[Twiggidy]

WOULD YOU GIVE AN NFL QUARTERBACK A PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK? - The anesthesia consultant

You’re scheduled to anesthetize an NFL quarterback. He earns $20 million dollars per year. Would you do an interscalene block on an NFL quarterback?

theanesthesiaconsultant.com

I submit that no anesthesia provider would feel comfortable inserting a needle in the neck of this $20 million-dollar-a-year man. No anesthesia provider would feel comfortable doing an interscalene block for his shoulder arthroscopy. Why not? Even though the above data show that peripheral nerve injury can occur following shoulder arthroscopy with either general or interscalene anesthesia, the anesthesiologist will likely be sued only if he or she performs the interscalene anesthesia.

I would not either