Dr. Wang is known for being the most honest among surgeons. Sometimes, because of a sentence on the operating table, the face is red.
He is such a sincere person, even his own surgery is not spared.
Not long ago, he unfortunately suffered from appendicitis.
Years of surgical experience told him that this knife would not run away.
With all kinds of unwillingness, he changed his role from doctor to patient.
When it comes to anesthesiology, he is like many surgeons: deep down, they don’t think anesthesia is anything. Even, they sometimes want to try to anesthetize the patient. Of course, the anesthesiology department cannot give him this opportunity.
With all kinds of disobedience and a hint of disdain, he was pushed onto the operating table.
As soon as he lay down, he swore: I can know when you numb me! If you don’t believe me, let’s make a bet on the small hot pot opposite the hospital.
Dr. Zhang, who was in charge of anesthesia, showed a faint smile in the mask: Impossible, you must not know. Or, you can’t remember at all. This time, you lose.
Usually, he is not nervous when operating on a patient. But today, he was inexplicably nervous. At this time, he subconsciously worried more about when he would be numb.
Therefore, he stared nervously at Dr. Zhang’s every move.
A bet is a bet, but Dr. Zhang will not change the established anesthesia process: mask oxygen inhalation, sedation, drug administration…
Minutes later, the disgruntled surgeon “slept through.”
After skilled intubation, Dr. Zhang has completely forgotten the bet.
Because of the short operation time, he woke up quickly and with good results.
Woke up and asked: Did you give me medicine in the mask?
Clearly, even the comrades who fight together every day don’t know much about the business of anesthesiology: Gone are the days when the face mask had anesthesia in it, which was decades ago matter.
At this time, he is no longer the arrogant surgeon, he is just a patient who has just undergone surgery. After a meal of comfort and admission of losing a hot pot meal, he finally sent him away.
Speaking of which, how does a patient know that he has been numb?
The anesthesiologist has “one hundred ways,” so to speak.
The so-called “numbness in the past” is understood from the public’s perspective as “slept over” and “lost consciousness”. In fact, this range can be very broad. In a broad sense, as long as the anesthesia takes effect, it should be regarded as “the anesthesia has passed”, whether it is local anesthesia or general anesthesia.
Briefly introduce several:
In local anesthesia, the injection of local anesthetic into the surgical area is considered “anesthesia.”
Spinal anesthesia, also known as “half anesthesia”. When the anesthesiologist injects the local anesthetic into the spinal canal to take effect, it is considered “the anesthesia has passed”.
In general anesthesia, when the anesthesiologist has given various drugs and completed the tracheal intubation, it is considered “the anesthesia has passed”. Of course, there are many short surgeries that do not require intubation. At this time, the “numbness of the past” may be even earlier.
If it is subdivided, it can take many forms: for example, after a sedative is given, the patient will be anesthetized after falling asleep; some anesthesia does not necessarily have to achieve the effect of falling asleep. During that process, the patient will be very quiet, and even the spiritual world is no longer in the operating room.
WithWith the proliferation of various drug combinations, anesthesiologists have many ways to get patients to sleep. It is no exaggeration to say that anesthesiologists are comparable to “Yellow Pharmacists”. However, the drugs used by anesthesiologists are all for the purpose of curing diseases and saving people.
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