[Paleo Conservative]

Most people have little understanding about a medical centers capabilities, and I cannot think of a worse situation to be in than to try and treat a full-blown MH crisis in a remote plastic surgeon’s office...but then again,

What about outpatient surgery centers that are located just down the street a few hundred feet from an emergency room or even closer than some parts of the hospital are to the emergency room? That seems to be the case in the city where I live.

[Ethrane]

As I said, outpatient surgery centers are different than Doctor's offices...I know that there are plenty of plastic surgeons that have set up their own OR's in their offices, and that some anesthesiologists work in these OR's. Would you be ok in a situation that you described? You'd be better off than in a Doctor's office OR...but you'd still rather be in a hospital IF you had a MH crisis because the support mechanisms are much more developed. That being said, MH is rare so saying that any particular anesthetizing location is necessarily 'dangerous' because of it would be unfounded. People have to understand though that the more remote a 'health care' setting is, the less support will be immediately available and in the unlikely event of a catastrophic event, outcomes may be affected. If anyone wants information about MH, check this reference here: http://www.mhaus.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/OnlineBrochures.Display/BrochurePK/8AABF3FB-13B0-430F-BE20FB32516B02D6.cfm