If you have a day procedure and are either gassed or injected, and an accident occurs, does this count as drink/drug driving as the police will know you have had drugs at the hospital, this would mean you are not insured as well, any ideas?
I am sure the hospital/clinic would advise about driving or using machinary.
The hospital should be advising ‘you’ not to drive for at least 24 hours after any day procedure, whether it is by sedation or local anaesthetic, on the grounds that you may not be covered by insurance if you are involved in an accident - at least ours does.
toby1234abc:
If you have a day procedure and are either gassed or injected, and an accident occurs, does this count as drink/drug driving as the police will know you have had drugs at the hospital, this would mean you are not insured as well, any ideas?
Everyone will react differently so there is not a definitive answer but in most cases the hospital will advise you as to what the average person is likely to feel and be safely capable of
Thanks for the replies, it is an early night to rest then, and watch some films or Deal or no Deal.
The driver that lied to the police and fell asleep while hitting a train, he told them he had slept but the computer records showed he was up all night, it pays to be honest, they will find out from the hospitals by getting access to all our health records.
Toby, just make sure you keep on taking the prescribed medication.
I had dental work under sedation last year and on the information sheet it specifically stated that I wasn’t to drive for 24 hours and that if I did, the Police would view it as driving under the influence of drugs.
A local anaesthetic injected into the gum would be fine to drive after though.