Anyone watch the show on Discovery Health about people whose anesthesia fails during surgery?

[Spoooon]

Good lord, that would suck. The one on now is about some woman who woke up while one of her eyes was being removed. :Q

 

[Ronstang]

I got a better one for you....different type of "anesthesia failure". A very close friend of my GF went in for back surgery and the anesthesiologist screwed up......but she didn't wake up, SHE DIED!!!!!!!!!

 

[DannyBoy]

I seen that, theres that aussie woman that woke up in the middle of her op but couldnt move, she could feel everything and was aware of whats going on but couldnt move or open her eyes, scary stuff

 

[Eli]

:Q

Damn...

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
I got a better one for you....different type of "anesthesia failure". A very close friend of my GF went in for back surgery and the anesthesiologist screwed up......but she didn't wake up, SHE DIED!!!!!!!!!

That sux,

 

[Heisenberg]

I haven't seen that special but I've seen others. It mainly happens with people who have a substance abuse problem like alcoholism. Their bodies are so used to depressents that they have a higher tolerance, and normal dosages of anesthesia don't work completely.

 

[NogginBoink]

Anesthesia is tricky... they want to give you just enough drugs to keep you under, but not enough to harm you.

I'd probably opt for too little rather than too much, given the choice....

But it would still suck, tho.

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

holy sht that would suck! How can you wake up?! Maybe i'll just have to watch it some time somehow..

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
I haven't seen that special but I've seen others. It mainly happens with people who have a substance abuse problem like alcoholism. Their bodies are so used to depressents that they have a higher tolerance, and normal dosages of anesthesia don't work completely.

Yeah, they talked about the importance of being honest when being interviewed by the anesthesiologist. But in one of the cases they talked about, the can with the "hypnotic" anesthesia was almost empty. So, the woman received a full dose of the paralytic and none of the hynoptic. So she was conscious but couldn't move.

In one of the other cases, they didn't understand fully why the anesthesia wouldn't work. Scary stuff.

 

[all168]

It happen to one of my friend, when she delieve her baby, they put too much anesthesia medicine into her body. One thing is very lucky, she still awake and she is a nurse, she know what was going on and something is wrong, she keep screaming and at first no one pay attention to her (they don't know she is a nurse) and later, the anesthesia doctor knew he injected too much medicine, my friend requested to lift her head up at certain degree (maybe 30 to 45 degree) so the medicine will slow down on its way to her brain or something like that, if she was not a nurse and she wasn't awake, the overdose anesthesia medicine may make her stop breathing and eventually she may died or brain dead. After the operation, she found out the one injected the anesthesia medicine is a doctor in practice, and his professor ( or doctor ) is not there. It is very scary, I was wondering how many cases really happen every year.

 

[Spoooon]

From the straightdope

One patient in the UK required an operation that involved cutting open his leg and drilling into the bone. He was anesthetized but awoke in the operating room with a tube down his throat, aware but unable to move. He tried to alert the doctors by wiggling his toes; a nurse noticed this but was told it was "just reflexes" and she should ignore it. Someone then grabbed the patient's leg and began applying a tourniquet to his groin, at which point he realized that (1) the operation was just beginning, (2) he was acutely sensitive to pain, and (3) he could do nothing about it. The patient had to lie there in helpless agony while his leg was sliced open and four holes were drilled into the bone. He felt sick and stopped breathing in another attempt to alert the OR staff, but the ventilator began "breathing for him." Afterward he sued and was awarded 15,000 pounds, pretty modest compensation under the circumstances.

:Q

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Spoooon
From the straightdope

One patient in the UK required an operation that involved cutting open his leg and drilling into the bone. He was anesthetized but awoke in the operating room with a tube down his throat, aware but unable to move. He tried to alert the doctors by wiggling his toes; a nurse noticed this but was told it was "just reflexes" and she should ignore it. Someone then grabbed the patient's leg and began applying a tourniquet to his groin, at which point he realized that (1) the operation was just beginning, (2) he was acutely sensitive to pain, and (3) he could do nothing about it. The patient had to lie there in helpless agony while his leg was sliced open and four holes were drilled into the bone. He felt sick and stopped breathing in another attempt to alert the OR staff, but the ventilator began "breathing for him." Afterward he sued and was awarded 15,000 pounds, pretty modest compensation under the circumstances.

:Q

Oh man, I can't imagine...

 

[Whitecloak]

i woke during my mastroid operation when the doc was just starting to cut through the bone. luckily he noticed that i was awake and gave me more anaesthesia. i was awake for about 30 seconds.

 

[all168]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Spoooon
From the straightdope

One patient in the UK required an operation that involved cutting open his leg and drilling into the bone. He was anesthetized but awoke in the operating room with a tube down his throat, aware but unable to move. He tried to alert the doctors by wiggling his toes; a nurse noticed this but was told it was "just reflexes" and she should ignore it. Someone then grabbed the patient's leg and began applying a tourniquet to his groin, at which point he realized that (1) the operation was just beginning, (2) he was acutely sensitive to pain, and (3) he could do nothing about it. The patient had to lie there in helpless agony while his leg was sliced open and four holes were drilled into the bone. He felt sick and stopped breathing in another attempt to alert the OR staff, but the ventilator began "breathing for him." Afterward he sued and was awarded 15,000 pounds, pretty modest compensation under the circumstances.

:Q

Oh man, I can't imagine...

I know, seems like he had been to hell already.

 

[Shockwave]

Something like that happened to my wife. During her C-Section, they gave her local stuff. She asked for me as she could begin to feel about half way through. Her blood pressure at the time was so low the doctors refused, afraid if they gave her more she would die. So, she went through about the last half ot the C-Section gaining feeling.

No, i dont piss her off. Any woman who can have her stomach cut open and a baby pulled out and feel it, I aint fvsking with.

 

[Desslok]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Spoooon From the straightdope One patient in the UK required an operation that involved cutting open his leg and drilling into the bone. He was anesthetized but awoke in the operating room with a tube down his throat, aware but unable to move. He tried to alert the doctors by wiggling his toes; a nurse noticed this but was told it was "just reflexes" and she should ignore it. Someone then grabbed the patient's leg and began applying a tourniquet to his groin, at which point he realized that (1) the operation was just beginning, (2) he was acutely sensitive to pain, and (3) he could do nothing about it. The patient had to lie there in helpless agony while his leg was sliced open and four holes were drilled into the bone. He felt sick and stopped breathing in another attempt to alert the OR staff, but the ventilator began "breathing for him." Afterward he sued and was awarded 15,000 pounds, pretty modest compensation under the circumstances. :Q

Oh man, I can't imagine...

Weren't they watching his heart rate? Anyone in that much pain would have a heart rate over a hundred. I am calling bs on this.

 

[all168]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Something like that happened to my wife. During her C-Section, they gave her local stuff. She asked for me as she could begin to feel about half way through. Her blood pressure at the time was so low the doctors refused, afraid if they gave her more she would die. So, she went through about the last half ot the C-Section gaining feeling.

No, i dont piss her off. Any woman who can have her stomach cut open and a baby pulled out and feel it, I aint fvsking with.

Yeah, I think less still better than too much, too much will cost the life.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: all168

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Something like that happened to my wife. During her C-Section, they gave her local stuff. She asked for me as she could begin to feel about half way through. Her blood pressure at the time was so low the doctors refused, afraid if they gave her more she would die. So, she went through about the last half ot the C-Section gaining feeling.

No, i dont piss her off. Any woman who can have her stomach cut open and a baby pulled out and feel it, I aint fvsking with.

Yeah, I think less still better than too much, too much will cost the life.

Agreed. If the doctor woulda killed my wife, I woulda shoved the tubes right up his ass.

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: Desslok

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Spoooon From the straightdope One patient in the UK required an operation that involved cutting open his leg and drilling into the bone. He was anesthetized but awoke in the operating room with a tube down his throat, aware but unable to move. He tried to alert the doctors by wiggling his toes; a nurse noticed this but was told it was "just reflexes" and she should ignore it. Someone then grabbed the patient's leg and began applying a tourniquet to his groin, at which point he realized that (1) the operation was just beginning, (2) he was acutely sensitive to pain, and (3) he could do nothing about it. The patient had to lie there in helpless agony while his leg was sliced open and four holes were drilled into the bone. He felt sick and stopped breathing in another attempt to alert the OR staff, but the ventilator began "breathing for him." Afterward he sued and was awarded 15,000 pounds, pretty modest compensation under the circumstances. :Q

Oh man, I can't imagine...

Weren't they watching his heart rate? Anyone in that much pain would have a heart rate over a hundred. I am calling bs on this.

I don't know. On the Discovery Channel show, one of the patient's vital signs were all normal, despite her being conscious during the operation. They speculate that the paralytic may have to do with that.

They have some new device that monitors the brain. They think that will ensure that the anesthesiologist knows whether the patient is conscious or not.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Spoooon

Originally posted by: Desslok

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Spoooon From the straightdope One patient in the UK required an operation that involved cutting open his leg and drilling into the bone. He was anesthetized but awoke in the operating room with a tube down his throat, aware but unable to move. He tried to alert the doctors by wiggling his toes; a nurse noticed this but was told it was "just reflexes" and she should ignore it. Someone then grabbed the patient's leg and began applying a tourniquet to his groin, at which point he realized that (1) the operation was just beginning, (2) he was acutely sensitive to pain, and (3) he could do nothing about it. The patient had to lie there in helpless agony while his leg was sliced open and four holes were drilled into the bone. He felt sick and stopped breathing in another attempt to alert the OR staff, but the ventilator began "breathing for him." Afterward he sued and was awarded 15,000 pounds, pretty modest compensation under the circumstances. :Q

Oh man, I can't imagine...

Weren't they watching his heart rate? Anyone in that much pain would have a heart rate over a hundred. I am calling bs on this.

I don't know. On the Discovery Channel show, one of the patient's vital signs were all normal, despite her being conscious during the operation. They speculate that the paralytic may have to do with that.

They have some new device that monitors the brain. They think that will ensure that the anesthesiologist knows whether the patient is conscious or not.

Yeah a brain wave monitor. You can request to have one now, and refuse to have surgery without it.