Use of surgical restraint
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Has anyone heard that surgical restraint is sometimes used whilst under local anaesthetic?
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Posted , 4 users are following.
Has anyone heard that surgical restraint is sometimes used whilst under local anaesthetic?
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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!
ml66uk toulon01
Posted
It's fairly common, and is for the patient's protection.
toulon01 ml66uk
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john75639 toulon01
Posted
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.