The future of recorded surgical procedures
Although negative outcomes can be among the risks one faces during surgery, most patients expect to survive their procedures without serious or fatal results. Still, some patients may worry about these risks as they prepare. New York legislators have proposed a bill requiring the presence of cameras in operating rooms based on the case of a 19-year-old woman who experienced both respiratory and cardiac arrest after anesthesia errors occurred. A similar bill has been proposed in Wisconsin because of an anesthesia error that led to the death of a 38-year-old woman.