Having witnesses or recording devices during procedures that require anesthesia could help prevent opportunities for sexual assault. Some patients may experience vivid and detailed sexual hallucinations during anesthesia with sedative-hypnotic drugs such as propofol, midazolam, diazepam, and nitrous oxide. Some make suggestive or sexual comments or act out, such as grabbing or kissing medical professionals or touching themselves sexually. Others wake up mistakenly believing they have been sexually assaulted. Why does this happen? Doctors have long known that sedative-hypnotic drugs, which slow brain activity to induce calmness or sleep, can…
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