Driving After Anesthesia
Driving After Anesthesia. When is it safe to get behind the wheel? In October of , another dentist, William T. While the long work hours certainly contributed to the risk, the disproportionately high rate of accidents among anesthesiologist trainees compared to other trainees suggests that even the latent exposure to anesthesia can make driving dangerous. But during the 40’s, Sodium Pentothal, first introduced by Lundy in , was beginning to be utilized. Nitrous oxide was little used as a general…