When does general anaesthesia stop working (if ever)

Question

ELI5. If I were under general anaesthesia and then underwent critical trauma (ie. fed to a large animal, severed in some way) would I feel anything or wake up?

(Is there a point where general anaesthesia stops doing stuff when the body goes through enough trauma)

Sorry I realise how mental this question is haha

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Answer 1

One important disclaimer is that we don’t *really* understand how general anaesthesia works. But you could be fed to a wood-chipper feet first and you wouldn’t wake up ‘faster’.