The vast majority of patients who have general anesthetics in a hospital do so without a problem. This article talks about the few cases where something goes wrong and use of neuromuscular monitoring system to further minimize such situations. When a patient has a general anaesthetic, they are entrusting themselves to the anesthetist completely. They will expect to be gently lowered into a state of calm oblivion for the duration of the operation and at the end to emerge safely and peacefully in the recovery room.
But are we doing enough to protect that small minority who are susceptible to the nightmare scenario of waking up too early? Despite being an integral part of the modern surgery, most people know very little about the process that sends them to sleep before their operation. Anesthesia consists of a cocktail of drugs - the anesthetic drugs such as ether that send your brain to…
