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Dominic Strachan

Dominic Strachan

Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine at NHS Lanarkshire (University Hospital Wishaw), and guest on the Laid Bare podcast.

Sep 7, 2026

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What Really Happens During Breast Reduction Surgery?

Sep 7 · 53m

Gill Baird
Gill BairdHOST
20:08
Feels a little bit cold
Dominic Strachan
Dominic StrachanGUEST
20:09
It can feel a bit cold, sometimes a bit tingly.
Dominic Strachan
Dominic StrachanGUEST
20:12
Sometimes patients get a little bit sore when it's going through a little small vein, but usually it's fine.
Dominic Strachan
Dominic StrachanGUEST
20:16
And not many people actually remember that after.
Dominic Strachan
Dominic StrachanGUEST
20:19
And that's the one that sends you off to sleep.
Dominic Strachan
Dominic StrachanGUEST
20:22
But then to keep the patient asleep, once that goes in, the patient is no longer conscious and no longer breathing.
Dominic Strachan
Dominic StrachanGUEST
20:29
We have to connect them up to an anaesthetic machine.

24 MINS LATER

Gill Baird
Gill BairdHOST
44:28
the next one's for you as well and it's the opposite I'm not going to wake up after searching in my equation

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