Medico-legal aspects of local anaesthesia.

Medico-legal aspects of anaesthesia practice.

The public especially in West Malaysia are becoming more aware of their rights and litigations are on the increase. Fortunately in East Malaysia there are fewer cases. The legal aspects of anaesthesia practice are very much on the lines of British system. Here the cause for compensation or legal action depends on the proof of negligence. Currently in West Malaysia all anaesthetics are being giv...

Accuracy of text entries within a manually compiled anaesthetic record.

We have examined the accuracy of text entries within a manually compiled anaesthetic record by comparing the record of the anaesthetist with that of an observer, present throughout the procedure but whose sole purpose was the documentation of perioperative events. Eighty-six items of information were analysed for accuracy from 197 records. The mean proportion of omissions was 35% and the mean p...

Anaesthesia monitor alarms: a theory-driven approach.

UNLABELLED The development of physiologic monitors has contributed to the decline in morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing anaesthesia. Diverse factors (physiologic, technical, historical and medico-legal) create challenges for monitor alarm designers. Indeed, a growing body of literature suggests that alarms function sub-optimally in supporting the human operator. Despite existing tec...

The Woolley and Roe case.

Albert Woolley and Cecil Roe were healthy, middle-aged men who became paraplegic after spinal anaesthesia for minor surgery at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital in 1947. The spinal anaesthetics were given by the same anaesthetist, Dr Malcolm Graham, using the same drug on the same day at the same hospital. The outcome for the patients and their families was devastating, as it was for the use of s...

Medico-Legal Aspects of the Ruxton Case