Clogged Breathing Tubes

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Did Your Loved One Suffer From
Clogged Breathing Tubes?

Many nursing homes promote themselves as being able to care for residents who require tracheostomy tubes or ventilators to breathe. These residents often need some of the most complicated and significant care in the nursing home setting. As such, it is important that there is sufficient and adequately trained staff at the nursing home to properly monitor these patients.

Problems can occur when residents are not frequently or appropriately suctioned, causing buildup in the breathing tube that keeps the resident from receiving sufficient oxygen. Other issues can occur when breathing tubes become dislodged and staff is unable to timely reinsert them. If this happens, the consequences can be fatal.

If you or a loved one has suffered an injury related to a clogged breathing tube in an Illinois nursing home or hospital, you deserve to know about your legal options. You may be entitled to compensation.