If you were in a car crash and had been eating all day, how is that different from a routine surgery where you weren’t allowed to eat for a certain amount of time before surgery?
Edit: based on some answers, perhaps I should clarify obviously I understand they have to perform surgery in an emergency. My question is more what do they do in an emergency when you haven’t fasted.
Thanks to those with real answers, I never knew about the special tube that could be used. That’s pretty cool.
I’m having surgery tomorrow and can’t eat so was just wondering how they handle food in the stomach during an emergency surgery situation.
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TL;DR:
using anesthetic and putting you to sleep can make you vomit if you ate something recently, something you want to avoid during surgery
But
In an emergency situation, its worth the risk (but just to be clear it can still happen and you can choke and die if not take care of)
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