Endobronchial Intubation Error Attorney

What Is Endobronchial Intubation?

Endobronchial intubation is the placing of an endotracheal tube or ETT in the person’s left or right mainstem bronchus. This procedure is usually used for a person who have issues breathing, and this type of intubation helps a person to have one lung ventilated to allow breathing to continue in the individual. Without the ability to breathe or to breathe assisted with equipment, a person cannot sustain life.

The reasons for using one lung in isolation to breathe, is to prevent the spilling of blood or mucus from an infection to the rest of the person’s body. The endobronchial intubation is a tool that allows the person to have an open airway to maintain life, but it does not come without risks.

Problems and Complications with Endobronchial Intubation Can Be Serious

Endobronchial intubation can be intentional or be unintentionally applied, where the healthcare provider or doctor was meant to insert a tracheal intubation and made an error. The intentional placement of an endobronchial intubation are conducted, for conditions related to:

• Major bleeding in only one lung
• Infection with pus in one lung
• Presence of bronchopleural fistulas
• Lung bullae with or without pneumothorax
• Alveolar lavage
• Minimal invasive cardiothoracic surgery

When the person has a lung that has collapsed, there may need to be an intubation procedure applied to the individual, to help the person breathe. The doctor can make a mistake with an unintentional endobronchial intubation, and it can lead to major complications if the individual needs mechanical ventilation.
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Complications Related to an Endobronchial Intubation

There are many complications and risks associated with endobronchial intubation. These risks include:

• Infection
• Excessive bleeding
• Cysts
• Unilateral bullae
• Failure to secure airways
• Injuries
• Tension pneumothorax
• Aspiration

If you have had complications related to an endobronchial intubation and an error occurred, just call us today to discuss your case with our legal team.

Endobronchial Intubations Use Double Lumen Endotracheal Tubes

An endobronchial intubation most likely uses a double lumen ETT. This type of tube offers a fixed formation that can go to the left or right lung as necessary. The ETTs are made of a polyvinyl chloride, and have a blue cuff on the bronchial lumen to allow ease of fiberoptic identification for the surgeon when they are being placed in either a child or an adult to assist breathing.

Maintaining Protocols to Correctly Insert an Endobronchial Intubation Double Lumen Tube are Critical to Human Health and Well-Being

There are special and specific procedures that are put into place in the clinical environment, before a double lumen tube can be inserted for an endobronchial intubation. The tube needs to be prepared, connections arranged and set, there are connectors that need to be inserted, completion of the “Y” connector, set the tubes, and reinsert the apparatus that needs to go into the tube before it can be used.

First, the doctor needs to see the person’s vocal chords clearly, to avoid damage to this part of the throat. Then the endobronchial intubation tube is inserted, placed carefully per guidelines and protocols, then connectors are added to the apparatus, and confirm that a ventilation bag is confirming everything is in place. Next, the doctor needs to put a clamp on the tube to ensure that one lung or the other can be isolated, and it will be necessary to feel for a “leak” in the system to ensure no leaks are present. Finally, clamps can be moved to ensure the opposite side is operable for inserting air into the lung, and it is checked to be properly in place at all stages of the insertion of the tube.

In the case that you have been injured by an endobronchial intubation gone wrong, just give our law office a call today. We know that this may be a confusing time for you, and that you are still in recovery mode from your personal injuries. But don’t let that stop you from calling us now, to get the process started to a personal injury recovery compensation package, based on the merits of your claim.

Emergency Department Mistakes Using an Endobronchial Intubation Procedure

If a double lumen endotracheal tube is used in a hospital setting, such as in an emergency department or “emergency room,” it can be a problem if the endobronchial intubation is inserted into the person wrong or in error. This error of insertion is much more than just a mistake, it can have serious health repercussions for the patient who has been treated with this type of mistake and grave error in procedure to add a endobronchial intubation tube.

If the intubation tube is not inserted correctly in a child, it will cause a brain injury to the child resulting in long term injury, death or both. You need to talk to a knowledgeable lawyer with experience in an endobronchial intubation error case. You can review your case when you give us a call today.

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Can I Sue for Personal Injuries Sustained During Mistakes Using an Endobronchial Intubation Procedure?

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