Was Joan Rivers death an anesthetic accident, or human error?
Was Joan Rivers death an anesthetic accident, or human error?
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Was Joan Rivers death an anesthetic accident, or human error?
An estimated 40 million patients are treated with anesthesia per year in this country. The likelihood of a healthy patient dying while under sedation by an anesthesiologist is less than 1 in 200,000.
Leading San Francisco anesthesiologist and pain management specialist, Dr. Robert Savala, explains the advanced safety measures of anesthesiology today and how rare it is for a patient like Joan Rivers to experience fatal complications.
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