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Ooookay, so here is how anesthesia works for the most part. We use three drugs, a sedation drug, paralytic and pain meds. During induction we give

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Sep 10 '12, 22:17

you the pain meds and the sedation (propofol, the stuff Jackson got) and then the paralytic once you are under (all IV). We then intubate and switch you to a gas for the sedation. Then during the operation we continue to give these drugs as needed. When it is time we back off on the meds and the patient awakes. We also reverse the paralytics.

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i'm not sure i NEED to know how stangers mess around inside me :) - Danedukenuuk Sep 11, 06:02
The weird part is when they do the IV and you can feel the cold drugs moving through your arm. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 10, 22:30 8
- Yup yup. We give some lidocaine in that vein before we infuse some of the other drugs. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:32 4
  - The other thing that was different from what I was expecting, is that the knocking out process is not gradual. - ralph wiggum Sep 10, 22:36 3
    - I don't remember 2 and 3 at all. I remember the needle in my arm. next thing, the badness. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 22:55
    - "Ok, so what are you doooooo" *blonk* -- nm - Trish Sep 10, 22:53
    - hehe, yup. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:38
- I had a vein blow up on me. "Uh, why is there a golf ball in my arm?" -- nm - Reagen Sep 10, 22:30 2
  - Yeah :( -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:40
  - Ewww. nm - ralph wiggum Sep 10, 22:37
So...where does it typically go wrong, in the odd case it goes wrong? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 10, 22:20 1
- Hmm.. well thankfully I haven't seen it go wrong. But a difficult airway (the intubation) can be a problem. However we have fancy toys like an - James Bond (aka Igor) Sep 10, 22:31
I'd be cool with that. :) -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 22:19

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Ooookay, so here is how anesthesia works for the most part. We use three drugs, a sedation drug, paralytic and pain meds. During induction we give

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