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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm one of those people who had to have emergency surgery (yay car accident). I had eaten less than 2 hours before I was rushed into surgery. Didn't die. Didn't aspirate. Your mileage may vary, so take my one experience with some salt.[/quote]

Did they have time to find out if you had anything in your stomach?  What did they do to protect against aspiration?  Assuming you had GA?  Just curious.  (sorry about the accident!)[/quote]

I quite honestly don't remember about 90% of it. I've always assumed someone told them that we were one our way home from ice cream when the accident occurred. The other two people walked away with minor cuts and bruising, I had to have my jaw reconstructed (among other things), so I couldn't have told them even if they asked. But I do know it was GA. I also know they pumped me full of something to prevent vomiting. I remember them telling me that (and my mom repeating it to me later), because they couldn't risk me vomiting with my jaw wired shut. I never had surgery before, they weren't sure how I'd react. I was also doped up on a lot of other drugs.

I've had other surgeries since, and always followed the no eating and no drinking rules. Didn't take an anti-nausea stuff one time and barfed for hours after surgery. Taken it since then and haven't had that rather unfortunate side effect.

Fact is, your odds of needing emergency surgery with GA are astronomically low. Your odds of aspiration, and death by aspiration, are even lower.[/quote]

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