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Alarm fatigue sets in after twenty minutes - they'll be alright.

Then you have roommates or family breaching your privacy and that is arguably more detrimental.

I wonder if all newly elected presidents make a beeline for particular archived classified documents.

Break a couple arms. It gets easier.

There are many different types of anesthesia. NMB (neuromuscular blocking agents) are paralytics. You also have sedatives, analgesics. Then there are other inductions medications used to prevent complications/side effects (such as lidocaine). The documents state, "general anesthesia" but without knowing which specific agents were used, what signs/symptoms were available may be limited.

I, personally, have had a patient on the maximum dosage of propofol, upright, writing on a piece of paper, while intubated. I like to call it the "awake sign".