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I'm sorry, but even though anesthesia seems to impair cognition, it's nothing like you describe. One can certainly die from anesthesia, but it is incredibly rar
by copperx 5y ago
I'm sorry, but even though anesthesia seems to impair cognition, it's nothing like you describe. One can certainly die from anesthesia, but it is incredibly rare. Anesthesia is very safe when dosed correctly.
- BizarroLand 5y agoI also want to say that Anesthesiologists don't always "bring you to the brink of death, and then hold you over the abyss by your ankles". That would be silly. Maybe for open heart surgery or brain surgery or some other extremely dangerous surgery where if you were to wake up the shock could kill you, but that would be overkill for a broken arm that needs pins to heal or for an appendectomy done with endoscopic tools. Knocking you out and keeping you under would be more than enough for that.
- wnissen 5y agoThe point of anesthesia is to shut down all the conscious parts of your brain and many of the unconscious ones. It's a fundamentally difficult task, and by a lot of standards you are in real trouble during it.