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Use of surgical restraint

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toulon01
toulon01

Has anyone heard that surgical restraint is sometimes used whilst under local anaesthetic?

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  • Pepasan
    Pepasan toulon01

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    No, but I wish I had been offered it when I had eyelid surgery at a Private London Clinic. I was expecting a local anaesthetic, but the surgeon said he needed to do a general because he had once had a patient kick out at him when he had started to operate with a local. It was my first experience of a general anaesthetic and I had urine retention on the 2-hour journey after it, causing me a lot of pain and distress when I got home, having to go to my local NHS A & E to have a catheter fitted - draining 2 litres from my bladder!

  • john75639
    john75639 toulon01

    Posted

    In the US, my brother was hand cuffed to the bed because the hospital staff thought he was shot, but he was bleeding because of a bleeding ulcer. Before going to the hospital, the bathtub was filled with blood, so apparently the police were called and he was cuffed to the bed eventually the doctor told them to release him because he was bleeding internally.

    Sometimes a person may be incoherent and not understanding so a restrain may be used.

    I once was told by a nurse that if a person is in a gurney and the patient is unruly, they can give a patient medication but if it is not available then physical restraint is needed.

    It is done if the doctor wants it done because of past experience

    I am not a doctor.

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