Friday, November 4, 2011

The Case of the Anesthetist’s Thumb

(Cross-posted on the Squidoo Lens)


Written by: Medical Device Accident Expert Witness No. 3571

In preparing drugs for a surgical procedure, an anesthetist assembled a syringe. The syringe used a glass plunger/vial containing the anesthetic drug and was used for injection once the drug was mixed with sterile water in the vial. Holding a water bottle in one hand and the syringe in the other, the anesthetist pressed the base of his thumb against the glass vial to force air into the bottle. As he did this, the glass vial broke, and shards of glass severed several nerves in his hand. He lost the use of most of his hand. Read More on this Article 

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