新奇事件簿 数千人在手术中醒来

A new report in England states that thousands of patients a year wake up during an operation. The report is from two leading organisations for anaesthetists – people who put us to sleep before surgery. It said: "At least 150, and possibly several thousand, patients a year are conscious while they are undergoing operations." Doctors say it is very rare for someone to wake up during major surgery. One doctor says it happens in one in every 19,000 operations. Patients who do wake up on the operating table reported having feelings of fear and panic. A patient cannot alert the doctors if he/she wakes up because the drugs relax their muscles so they cannot move or communicate.

英格兰一则新报道称，每年有数千人在手术中醒来。这则报道来自于两家一流的麻醉师的组织机构，麻醉师在手术之前让患者睡眠。据称，在手术期间，每年至少有150人或者上千人清醒过来。医生称，在重大手术中醒来的人是非常少的。一名医生称，在手术中醒来的几率是1/19,000。报道称，在手术台上醒来的病人会有恐惧感。患者醒来之后不能告诉医生，因为药物使他们的肌肉放松，所以他们不能移动或者交流。

Researchers looked at details from around three million operations in public hospitals in the U.K. and Ireland. They used the data to find areas that could be improved during an operation. They made a list of 64 recommendations to try and reduce accidents happening in operating theatres. The most basic recommendation was for doctors to use an anaesthesia checklist before each operation. This could reduce mistakes made by doctors and make sure the patient has the correct levels of the correct drugs. They also recommend using a monitor so doctors know if the patient wakes up and cannot move. A professor said: "I hope this report will ensure anaesthetists pay even greater attention to preventing episodes of awareness."

研究人员调查了英国及爱尔兰公共医院近300万台手术的细节。他们用这些数据来研究在手术中需要改进的地方。他们列出了64条建议，用来尝试减少手术中出现的意外事故。对医生最基本的建议就是在每台手术之前都使用麻醉检查表来确认。这可以减少医生的失误，并且可以确保患者使用的药物无误且药量正确。他们还建议使用监视器来了解患者是否清醒并无法移动。一名教授称，我希望这则报告可以提醒麻醉师更加谨慎，并防止病人在手术中清醒过来。