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Re:Texting reduces need for pain medication during surgery by HeyLaughingBoy on Sunday October 25, 2015 @12:03PM (#10447209)
Are you counting the ones where the patient, e.g., my wife, wakes up in the middle of surgery and tries to get off the table?
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Re:Texting reduces need for pain medication during surgery by JshWright on Sunday October 25, 2015 @03:38PM (#10448066)
While that is certainly not a good thing, it is not as dangerous as a situation where the patient is unable to breathe and the anesthetist is not able to breathe for them.
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