My best friend is a graduated anesthesiologist, he works in a public hospital... and on occasions we have talked about his daily life and the experiences he lives and what happens to him with patients. It is not easy at all because practicing that profession is 20% knowledge and 80%. % the responsibility that it implies... and that responsibility depends on those few ml that the professional can place more or less at the time of the patient's sleep and perform some operation... those who wake up often do so with side effects such as intense pain headache... or blindness or no taste in your mouth... and the truth is that some do not wake up... cases where the dose was not correct and the anesthesia led to the death of the patient... and the first thing they do is directly the legal actions against the anesthesiologist... the truth is a quite complex issue and as can be seen in the article it remains a mystery as to what its true effect really is...

and we still don't have a full explanation.

This is my favorite part :)

The combo used is interesting..

Propofol, etomidate, and ketamine are the intravenous (IV) sedative-hypnotic agents commonly used to induce general anesthesia , while adjuvant agents (eg, opioids, lidocaine, midazolam, and volatile anesthetics) are often used to supplement the effects of the primary sedative-hypnotic induction agent

And this is why you need a whole specialization to administer these. I heard there are a huge number of drug users among anesthesiologists.

An article suggesting a connection between the conscious experience and quantum phenomena.

https://www.caltech.edu/campus-life-events/calendar/anesthetic-action-links-consciousness-to-quantum-vibrations-in-brain-microtubules

Consciousness operates in a multi-scale hierarchical cascade, originating in terahertz quantum dipole oscillations in tubulin pi resonance clouds in microtubules, resonating upward in structural size, slowing in frequency through gigahertz, megahertz, kilohertz and hertz frequency ranges (EEG arising from 'interference beats'). Anesthetics dampen the quantum oscillations, slowing cascade resonance and preventing consciousness. The brain may be more like a quantum orchestra than a classical computer.

It's actually something surprising, I didn't particularly know it, but until now I haven't had any surgery.

This is why I chose no anesthesia when I had three wisdom teeth pulled at some rinkydink dentist office this year hahahah.

"We're getting closer to working out how general anaesthetics work and why they work, but there's really a lot more that's not known at this point in time."

WTF! 😕WTF! 😕