“Can a sedated person hear you?”
I am a 33 year old male. I wonder if a sedated person can hear you?
5 Answers
Yes, a sedated person can hear. It also depends how deep the sedation is.
There are different levels of sedation. Conscious sedation, which is used for eye or imaging with intervention procedures, keeps people lightly sedated and they respond to verbal stimuli, so they can hear you.
Yes, but you may not remember what you hear.
Depends on the depth of sedation. We can sometimes give you conscious sedation so you are cooperative and follow instructions, but depending on the cocktail of meds given, you will have no memory whatsoever.
Yes, he can, even under general anesthesia. This is sometimes called awareness under anesthesia.
