Has anybody heard of someone having an operation where the anaesthetic failed?
Would it be possible for them to faint in the event of this happening?

Sometimes the patients do wake up from general anesthesia during the operation. The only instance I can personally recall though was a kid who had woken up during a tonsil removal operation.

I've myself had local anesthesia failing on me multiple times, but I've just told them to continue. Sure it usually hurt a lot, but I haven't fainted.

Usually I like to watch too when they're cutting me up.

My aunt had to begin a c section because the baby's heartbeat was stopping during the contractions. They went in before the anesthesia could take effect!.

philipdalton said:

This type of phenomenon popped up in the media about 2 or 3 years ago. They even made a movie about it, called Awake, with Hayden Christensen. People were awake, but couldn't move. They were fully aware of everything, heard everything, and felt everything, but were paralyzed physically from moving a hand, or opening their eyes. I can't imagine something more horrifying.

ernestsewell said:

Same here!

Yeah it happens....people are either paralyzed and feel the surgeon cutting into them...they can't move or they wake up during surgery. My mom woke up during surgery once.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Ouch

novabrkr said:

my anesthesia wore off while they were stitching me up after child birth!!

they only had two more left to do, whats a little pain, id just pushed out a watermelon head



they kept having to give me more needles when i had a tooth removed last year, they hurt like hell

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It might seem puzzling today, but when anaesthesia was first developed in the 1840's some surgeons were opposed to it as they felt it was cowardly.

Who would call somebody a coward today because they were scared of feeling a saw cutting through their flesh?