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Anesthesia on Trial

Gabriel Mullins

Anesthesia on Trial is an anesthesia malpractice review podcast hosted by CRNA and expert witness Gabriel Mullins. Each episode breaks down a real anesthesia malpractice case, looking at court documents, testimony, expert opinions, and clinical literature. We recreate the events in a story-telling format, then examine what happened, where the parties disagree, what the standard-of-care arguments were, and what anesthesia professionals can learn from it. It's a lot of fun!

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  • S1 · E3
    Monday · 30 min

    Postpartum Hemorrhage and a Missed Diagnosis

    A woman arrives after a home birth with a retained placenta and hypotension. After a D&C, her blood pressure deteriorates despite massive transfusion, while the team continues treating presumed postpartum hemorrhage. Hours later, surgery reveals a catastrophic source of bleeding: an aortic dissection. We examine whether anesthesia should have pushed harder for diagnosis and surgical intervention. Anesthetize: Anesthetize.ai More Cases: Anesthesiologymalpractice.com

  • S1 · E2
    August 17 · 27 min

    Finger Loss After a Routine Radial A-Line

    After a nine-hour open AAA repair, a patient develops severe hand ischemia and ultimately loses his thumb and index finger. The lawsuit raises major questions about radial arterial lines, the Allen’s test, perioperative perfusion, Swan-Ganz monitoring, and whether any of those issues actually caused the injury. Anesthetize: ⁠anesthetize.ai⁠ More Cases: anesthesiologymalpractice.com⁠

  • S1 · E1
    August 17 · 25 min

    Anesthesiologist Refuses STAT C-Section

    A stat C-section is called for a severely bradycardic fetus. The anesthesiologist, however, refuses to proceed until his backup arrives. Why? He believes he must remain available to supervise a CRNA in another case. We break down the staffing decision, the competing expert opinions, and the devastating outcome that followed.

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