Lawsuits filed against Arizona CRNA after multiple patients die within a year during elective dental sedation
Lawsuits filed against Arizona nurse anesthetist after two dental deaths, fire in mouth
An Arizona nurse anesthetist is facing multiple lawsuits after two of his patients died in separate dental procedures within a year.
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- First patient died while under anesthesia due to hypoxic brain injury during elective teeth extraction to facilitate dentures
- Second patient died after inhalational burn injury caused by airway fire during laser procedure in which an unsafe FiO2 was administered.
- In at least one of these cases CRNA failed to perform a pre-anesthesia assessment and no...
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