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Anesthesia Awareness Campaign

The mission of the Anesthesia Awareness Campaign is "to prevent patients (even one) from experiencing anesthesia awareness and its consequences through education, prevention, and empowerment by replacing ignorance or fear with knowledge."

Anesthesia awareness is the phenomenon of being mentally alert (and terrified) while supposedly under full general anesthesia. The patient is paralyzed, unable to speak, and totally helpless to communicate his/her awareness. Since 1998, the Anesthesia Awareness Campaign has been educating and advocating for the prevention of anesthesia awareness and supporting victims.

The upcoming February 4th episode of ABC's Greys Anatomy will feature anesthesia awareness. Click here for more information.

January 18, 2010
Revised brochure on Anesthesia Awareness!
Anesthesia Awareness Campaign is one of the co-signatories. A lot of positive collaboration went into this document. Please read it thoroughly and send it to friends and doctors!.
Read the brochure here.

January 24, 2010
My 12th anniversary refelctions. One stunning insight: I realizied while in church Sunday that the reason I've been wandering lately is that I never really expected to be alive this long! I guess I have more work to do. Read my reflections here.

Report on the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting
October 17-22, New Orleans

Read the report here

An Open Letter to Anesthesiologists, Victims of Anesthesia Awareness, and Patients
New spirit of cooperation opens doors to meaningful improvements in the prevention and treatment of anesthesia awareness! Read the letter here.

Want to help a worthy cause?
Want to “go green?”
Want to get something law may soon mandate?
Want to buy something that is tax deductible and for charity instead of going into corporate grocery store coffers?
Want to make your community “aware of awareness?

Support the Anesthesia Awareness Campaign, Inc., by purchasing a re-usable, cloth shopping bags (suitable for groceries and more) for all the reasons stated above.

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Carol Weihrer
(Photo by Stephen Lovekin)

The Anesthesia Awareness Campaign is the the response of one anesthesia awareness victim. We are a non-profit patient advocacy organization almost exclusively maintained on a day-to-day basis by our President and Founder, Carol Weihrer.

For more information on anesthesia awareness or advice and support, please contact us.

If you are an attorney seeking more information on representing victims of anesthesia awareness, click here.

Anesthesia Awareness Latest Developments

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.

SEEKING WILLINING 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.

If You Have Experienced Anesthesia Awareness

Please visit: www.awaredb.org or call Robin at 206-616-2669. This is a joint effort between the Anesthesia Awareness Campaign and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. We need your input and experience to better understand awareness. New! Form can now be completed online!

SUPPORT WEBSITE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ANESTHESIA AWARENESS www.awarenesstrauma.com/

SOMETHING TO CONSIDER:

A Patient is Also a Consumer: Take your business to the facility that demonstrates the use of the best technology. Remember, the saying goes, "The Customer is Always Right"!