Many doctors love profofol because once they turn off the sedative, you wake up..faster recovery and you can leave the clinic faster..a regular sedation, even if mild, they have to monitor you and that can take an hour..trust me Ive been sedated numerous times for conoscopies, endoscopies and they always knock me out sometimes it takes an hour just to wake me up..it all depends on how much the doctor gives you. For Profofol, you need an anesthesiologist, doesn’t matter if its a hospital setting or a clinic, its automatic they won’t do the procedure without having that person there. My mother refuses sedation for any procedure, she never knows how her heart will respond to it since she has an irregular heartbeat. I never thought you could die during sedation, I would always tell the doc “Knock me out” now I think differently after what happened to Joan
Agreed.
And they won’t do the procedure until a consent is signed which says you understand and give permission for the procedure and separate (but many times on the same piece of paper) consent for anesthesia. Lots of procedures can be done under local anesthetic or no anesthetic, but it makes it a lot easier with a better quality outcome if the patient is able to cooperate. People with high pain thresholds don’t necessarily need much or any sedation, but if you start moving, get nauseated etc., that’s when you want an anesthesiologist with you to assess how well you are able to handle the procedure. That said, Joan was a victim of VIP syndrome. This is especially prevalent in private clinics where the owner/doctor may think he/she is GOD.
I work in a private EYE SURGERY outpatient. I was recruited by one of the owner/doctors after I worked with him for several years at a hospital where he did the occasional surgery. He knew what he was getting, when I come to work the boss says “good, you can give him a hard time.”
He knows I don’t do VIP.