As a compliment to the thread about near death experiences I'd really like hearing people's experiences of losing consciousness under general anesthesia and what's it like coming back.

Also interested of things anesthetists may have noticed about this during their career.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I don't think you can have general without intubation. To protect against aspiration or something, if not actually to breathe for you.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah that makes sense. It wasn’t something I had considered before the op.

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