Cardiac arrest during cosmetic surgery: overdose of local anaesthetic likely

By Anna Patty
Updated July 28 2015 - 11:17am, first published 10:30am
Amy Rickhuss suffered a cardiac arrest during cosmetic surgery. Picture: SUPPLIED
Amy Rickhuss suffered a cardiac arrest during cosmetic surgery. Picture: SUPPLIED

A young woman who went into cardiac arrest during cosmetic surgery in Sydney appears likely to have been given an overdose of local anaesthetic.

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