Surgery/Intubation Question/NCC

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When you are having surgery under general anesthesia, and you are

intubated, are you breathing on your own, or does a machine do the

breathing for you? I know I should know this, but I don't!

Thanks,

Sheila

ACM I 3mm

Surgery 12/98

Dr. Weingart

[Guest guest]

When you are intubated, you are hooked up to a ventilator. General

anesthetic temporarily knocks out your respiratory muscles so the breathing

has to be done for you.

Regards,

Sharon

Sheila Reilly wrote:

> When you are having surgery under general anesthesia, and you are

> intubated, are you breathing on your own, or does a machine do the

> breathing for you? I know I should know this, but I don't!

>

> Thanks,

>

> Sheila

> ACM I 3mm

> Surgery 12/98

> Dr. Weingart

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