Propofol

Man given the anesthetic, Propofol

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• published: 20 Feb 2017
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Note: I was already heavily sedated before the start of this video. This is a video from my recent trip to the emergency room. Notable times are at: 0:50 (This is when they started injecting me with Propofol) 0:55 (Watch my feet!) 1:13 ( I lose the ability to keep my head up) My reflexes were making it difficult to put my dislocated shoulder back in place, even though I was already given some sedatives. So, the doctors decided to inject me with Propofol. I REALLY wanted to verbally count down after they started to inject me, and I was completely dedicated to resisting its effects, but I instantly became too tired to stay awake; much less count. For those who haven't been given Propofol, know that it doesn't feel like normal sleep. In normal sleep you continue to, subconsciously, process information. For example, you process the information of your dreams and of your alarm clock when it goes off. Under propofol induced sleep, you experience absolutely nothing. The best way to describe it is that you feel the same way under its effect as you felt before you were born. Indeed, general anesthesia feels like nothing else that I've ever experienced, and this comes from my four experiences of being "put under". To give an example of the difference between normal sleep and propofol induced sleep — when you wake up from normal sleep, you think "How long was I asleep?"; in contrast, when you wake from propofol induced sleep, you are left thinking "Why haven't I fallen asleep yet?". Special thanks to the staff, who agreed to film the procedure.