I’ve heard that if someone undergoes surgery and needs to be put under with general anesthesia, that the doctor will put a tube down your lungs to make sure you get enough oxygen.
So does this mean a person under general anesthesia is incapable of breathing on their own, or is it done as a safety measure?
Final question:
How do doctors know when to take the tube out before a patient wakes up? I’ve never been put under before, but one of my fear has always been to wake up with a metal tube down my throat and get that Matrix Neo experience when he first wakes up in the pod and pulls a giant tube from his throat.
Does this ever happen? How is it prevented?
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I’ve awoken from surgery with the breathing tube still inserted. Luckily for me, my then wife was right there, immediately explained to me what was happening, and kept telling to not fight or try to breathe on my own, and to just let it breathe for me.
She asked the nurse, who said the Doctor wanted the tube to stay in for 15 more minutes.
That was a VERY LONG 15 minutes, I can tell you!! haha
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