Ouch!

[Shamrock]

Blunder Leaves Woman Awake for Surgery

Mon Jun 30, 9:00 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!

VIENNA (Reuters) - A woman lay awake during surgery for 45 minutes, unable to move or call for help, after staff forgot to hook up the machine pumping out anaesthetic, the Austrian daily Kurier reported Monday.

The woman was temporarily paralyzed because she had been given a muscle relaxant, and her ordeal ended only after a replacement doctor who came into the operating room saw tears in her eyes and noticed the machine was not connected properly.

The woman, who was undergoing abdominal surgery, is suing for 70,000 euro ($79,970) in damages, the hospital in the Austrian province of Carinthia confirmed.

Yeeeeowww, hope that doesn't happen too often!

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[lissagirl]

OH my gosh! Thats incredibly shocking. I had a friend who said that her epidural did not take on one side when she had a c section but they took care of her when they realized she was feeling it.

I had heart surgery and the anesthisiologist came to see me after the surgery to ask if I thought he did a good job and I am soooo glad he did. It was a 4 hour surgery and I couldnt imagine being aware of it. Is it the US that the discovery show was talking about or all places in general.

Sooo shocked

[jemb]

Originally posted by P_RN

I bet she will still be charged for the surgery.

Put it on a credit card and then dispute the charges for anesthesia....

I hope she had a few choice words for the staff that didn't notice!

[CraftyLPN]

Got a little horror story of my own..... While going in for the gastric bypass... I remember waking up during surgery....I could hear the nurses and doc talking and the anthesiologist....I started to shake my head no... Thank God I felt no pain and the Anth. saw that i had woken up...............

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

Originally posted by lissagirl

OH my gosh! Thats incredibly shocking. Is it the US that the discovery show was talking about or all places in general.

Sooo shocked

It was here in the good ol' US, lissagirl.. every one of them. Happens anywhere. Scary thought, huh?

[ShelleyERgirl, LPN]

That is horrible! Can you imagine having the eye surgery and actually seeing the scapel coming at your eye and being unable to stop it? Man, someone would be paying me some serious dinero! Ewww, makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

I have a seizure disorder and I once had to be intubated as I went into resp arrest. I remember waking up from the Versed(?) and being aware of everything but not being able to move anything and with the ET tube down my throat. That was one of the scariest things I have ever been through and I would definitely not wish that on anyone well... maybe an ex-boyfriend but that's another thread...

Michelle:D