manifest on scored it s in saxony is one of around $16000.00 people who wake up during general anesthesia every year in germany accidentally. it was a traumatic experience. and he still haunted by nightmares years later. why he had experienced anesthesia awareness was never explained bennett the best asked the doctors. they said this kind of thing shouldn t happen and i can t imagine what it s like and i hoped he would never happen again but i also said there s no point in my taking legal action because i wouldn t get anywhere else if the doctors admitted that have to cover the costs. around 16000000 medical procedures requiring general anesthesia are carried out every year in germany during which one patient in a 1000 experiences unintended intra operative awareness has been addressed noted.
venice scored it s in saxony is one of around $16000.00 people who wake up during general anesthesia every year in germany accidentally. it was a traumatic experience. and he still haunted by nightmares years later. why he had experienced anesthesia awareness was never explained bennett s best asked the doctors. they said this kind of thing shouldn t happen and i can t imagine what it s like and i hoped he would never happen again but they also said there s no point in my taking legal action because i wouldn t get anywhere else if the doctors admitted fault but have to cover the costs. around 16000000 medical procedures requiring general anesthesia are carried out every year
the e.r. waiting game came in at number 2. and at a shocking number 1, waking up during surgery. you go in, you go under. that s the way surgery is supposed to go. but it doesn t always happen that way. there was a pain. there was a pain that you cannot deal with. it just goes on and on and you re screaming inside your head. they re on the operating table, paralyzed, unable to move or speak. they feel every poke, every prod, every cut. i just kept praying to god, please just let me out. just let me out. let somebody know that this hurts so bad. their nightmare is called anesthesia awareness. under anesthesia your muscles are paralyzed and your brain is unconscious. but without adequate anesthesia your brain can stay awake and
aware while your muscles stay frozen. an underdose of anesthesia can happen for a lot of reasons. sometimes it s just a goof, a vaporizer gas tank gets disconnected or is empty. the physician has the vaporizer on, thinking they re providing anesthesia to the patient but they really are not. they re undergoing surgery with no anesthesia. undergoing a surgical procedure with no anesthesia, i mean, that s not defendable. anesthesia awareness happens to about 1 out of every 1,000 patients. most are awake and aware but not in any pain. when you schedule surgery, ask your surgeon if you need to be asleep because sometimes numbing just the surgical site could work instead. no good doctor ever means to hurt you. doctors and nurses and everyone who takes care of us are just like us, human and make mistakes. now you can help them get things right. i m elizabeth cohen, and i hope this hour makes you an empowered
medical mistakes. the e.r. waiting game came in at number 2. and at a shocking number 1, waking up during surgery. you go in, you go under. that s the way surgery is supposed to go. but it doesn t always happen that way. there was a pain. there was a pain that you cannot deal with. it just goes on and on and you re screaming inside your head. they re on the operating table, paralyzed, unable to move or speak. they feel every poke, every prod, every cut. i just kept praying to god, please just let me out. just let me out. let somebody know that this hurts so bad. their nightmare is called anesthesia awareness. under anesthesia your muscles are paralyzed and your brain is unconscious.