HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF SUICIDE?
Suicidal ideations are not uncommon (though certainly tragic) among awareness victims. Please seek other solutions!

• Immediately go to an emergency room.
• Contact your psychiatrist, therapist, or internist.
• Call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline, 1-800-273-8255 (operated 24/7/365).
• Visit www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

Carol Weihrer Back to Work!
After a few difficult months physically, I am ready to get back to the important work of the Anesthesia Awareness Campaign:

1. Serving as a touchstone to victims;
2. Working hard to change the ways anesthesia is administered and to enlighten all anesthesia providers about awareness and to have them embrace the most patient-oriented practices;
3. To enlighten and empower the public about awareness and how best to protect themselves from being victims;
4. (newly added as a specific goal) TO WORK TOWARD MAKING THE USE OF BRAIN ACTIVITY MONITORING A STANDARD OF CARE IN EVERY SITE WHERE GENERAL ANESTHESIA IS USED.

NOW! I’d also like to recommend two new books:

Before You Go Under, A step-by-step guide to ease your mind before going under anesthesia; by Benjamin Taimoorazy, M.D., AccuPress, 309-660-2976, February 2008. 195 pp.

Truth, Lies, and the O.R., the good, the bad, and the realities; F.W. Ernst M.D., and William G. Pace III, M.D., Warren Publishing, Inc., www.warrenpublishing.net, (April) 2008, 203 pp.

Seeking Willing Interviewees for Media Interviews
The Anesthesia Awareness Campaign receives many, many requests from all types of media to talk to victims in specific geographic areas. It has been a number of years since my list of “willing interviewees” has been updated. If you would be willing to talk to the media about your awareness experience and how it has affected your life, please let me know – provide all of your contact information. If you are currently on the list, please let me know of your up-to-date contact information and your wishes about remaining on the list or not.

ANESTHESIA AWARENESS NEEDS YOU!
Please read some special news about the Campaign,our special financial needs, its President’s “challenges” , and how important you are to bringing awareness to awareness! Read here.