Stop the epidemic of anesthesia over-medication

The Issue

One American surgery patient dies daily from anesthesia over-medication, a routine practice without benefit of a brain monitor.

Brain monitors are found in 75% of US hospitals but only used 25% of the time.

40% of post-surgery patients leave the hospital in a brain fog, formerly called post operative cognitive disorder (POCD), that can last up to a year after surgery.

Because brain monitoring is not yet a standard of care, an unknown number of post-surgery patients are condemned to the living death of dementia after anesthesia.

Don't play Russian roulette with your mind.

Download 3 free letters from www.drbarryfriedberg.com to assist you in getting brain monitored anesthesia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkCaCniHDz0&feature=channel_video_title

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Barry FriedbergPetition StarterBoard certified anesthesiologist; office based anesthesia pioneer, developer of BIS monitored propofol ketamine (PK) anesthesia; educator; US Congressional award recipient; author 'Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery' (for the profession) & 'Getting Over Going Under, 5 things you MUST know before anesthesia' (for the general public).
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The Issue

One American surgery patient dies daily from anesthesia over-medication, a routine practice without benefit of a brain monitor.

Brain monitors are found in 75% of US hospitals but only used 25% of the time.

40% of post-surgery patients leave the hospital in a brain fog, formerly called post operative cognitive disorder (POCD), that can last up to a year after surgery.

Because brain monitoring is not yet a standard of care, an unknown number of post-surgery patients are condemned to the living death of dementia after anesthesia.

Don't play Russian roulette with your mind.

Download 3 free letters from www.drbarryfriedberg.com to assist you in getting brain monitored anesthesia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkCaCniHDz0&feature=channel_video_title

avatar of the starter
Barry FriedbergPetition StarterBoard certified anesthesiologist; office based anesthesia pioneer, developer of BIS monitored propofol ketamine (PK) anesthesia; educator; US Congressional award recipient; author 'Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery' (for the profession) & 'Getting Over Going Under, 5 things you MUST know before anesthesia' (for the general public).

The Decision Makers

Prospective Surgery Patients & their loved ones
Prospective Surgery Patients & their loved ones
Goldilocks Anesthesia Foundation

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Petition created on November 4, 2011