That stuff is pretty wild to see in action - it’s one of the more common general anesthetic agents used in surgery. They push that shit, in in about 10 seconds you go from fully alert and oriented to a state of unconsciousness that’s so deep you can’t even breathe without mechanical assistance.
Can definitely see why it’s so popular for surgery, but fuck is that stuff potent!
I’ve been the recipient too - in my case, the preop rooms and post-anesthesia recovery are the same (usually those are separate units) and was in the same room for both. Don’t remember rolling to the OR at all, just hanging out in preop getting my IVs and such in, then the preop nurse leaves for something, then the surgeon walks in explaining that my surgery’s all done! Hooray! …but like… what.?! how can it be done? we never left the room… my throat hurts… and I have incision wounds and stichtes now… dafuq…?
Yeah it’s a trip and a half from the patient perspective!
“…got anything for that, doc?”
https://www.drugs.com/monograph/propofol.html
That’s the one that Michael Jackson was on. It gives me the creeps for some reason.
That stuff is pretty wild to see in action - it’s one of the more common general anesthetic agents used in surgery. They push that shit, in in about 10 seconds you go from fully alert and oriented to a state of unconsciousness that’s so deep you can’t even breathe without mechanical assistance.
Can definitely see why it’s so popular for surgery, but fuck is that stuff potent!
Oh no. I had my wisdom teeth out and I can only describe it as maybe feeling like I had teleported it was so disorienting.
Just freaks me out.
I’ve been the recipient too - in my case, the preop rooms and post-anesthesia recovery are the same (usually those are separate units) and was in the same room for both. Don’t remember rolling to the OR at all, just hanging out in preop getting my IVs and such in, then the preop nurse leaves for something, then the surgeon walks in explaining that my surgery’s all done! Hooray! …but like… what.?! how can it be done? we never left the room… my throat hurts… and I have incision wounds and stichtes now… dafuq…?
Yeah it’s a trip and a half from the patient perspective!
Lobotomy?