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
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.
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 patient. captions by vitac