A Non-Threatening Nature Of Patients Under Anesthesia

Some patients are uncertain about the outcome of a surgery. When a patient is anesthetized for surgery they feel no pain, but they still maintain consciousness. Many fully anesthetized patients have a sense of being able to recognize and to perceive sounds when they hear both doctors and nurses alike talking in the operating room. In an experiment at the University of California Medical Center, eleven patients were given commands that were of a non- threatening nature by researchers while they were under anesthesia. While under anesthesia they were told to do a simple task like pulling their ears, and they were checked for compliance during a postoperative interview. After they had been given the instruction, patients pulled on their ears