Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Latest Update: Jan. 26, 1993
The issue for determination is whether Respondent, a licensed physician, committed violations of Chapter 458, Florida Statutes, sufficient to justify the imposition of disciplinarysanctions against her license. The resolution of this issue rests upon a determination of whether Respondent intubated the esophagus of a patient, as opposed to the patient's trachea, in the course of rendering anesthesia care; and whether Respondent then failed to provide a record justifying such a course of medical treatment.Doctor intubated patient's esophagus instead of lungs and failed to make a proper record; discipline was appropriate.