Restrained in a real medical setting

Well I've been restrained for trying to run away from the ER when I got committed. A few times.

I got restrained when I was in the ICU with pneumonia. I was blowing glass. Blew a big bubble and it popped. I breathed all that glass dust. Was in the ICU for 22 days. After 8 or 9 days or so a little over a week I kept trying to get out of bed so I was tired of being in bed. They put a belly strap and ankle straps on me and keep me in bed. I had those for about a week.

I've been restrained in bed a couple other times with pneumonia. I got out and fell and they restrained me.

MollieB How did they restrain you. Just your wrists or strap across the chest. Did they use rope cuffs etc? Could you have gotten free if you tried.?

I was always restrained when I had epidural steroid injections in my cervical spine. Arms, legs and head. Then the conscious sedation drugs were administered. It certainly made sense to me. One time, with a different anesthesiologist, I opted to remain awake for the procedure so no restraints were applied to my arms and legs, just my head. When he started injecting the steroid/lidicane mixture my arms and legs started rising from the procedure table. The doc said it was normal and to not fight it. Shortly thereafter it was over. He had to ease my arms and legs back down to the table with his hands. A few minutes I was allowed to sit up, then stand and put my shirt on.

Only for surgeries

I wouldn’t say they restrained me, but I remember times when I was in pain that two nurses came to my bedside when I was given a shot. If the shot was going in my behind, one nurse held onto me on my side while the other nurse injected the medication.