Your Anesthesia Questions, Answered Before Surgery Day.
A calm, unhurried video consultation with a specialist who has managed ten thousand airways — before you ever change into a gown. No rushed phone calls. No unanswered fears.
Avg. consult
45 min
Cancellation rate
↓ 68%
We know what you were Googling
at 2 a.m.
These fears are real, they are common — 48% of surgical patients experience significant preoperative anxiety — and they have specific, evidence-based answers.
"What exactly will happen to me?"
Your pre-op call lasted ninety seconds. Nobody explained whether you're getting general anesthesia, a nerve block, or sedation. You're heading into an operating room without a map.
"What if I don't wake up?"
You Googled "anesthesia death rate" at 2 a.m. and now you can't unknow what you found. That statistic had no context, no footnotes, and nothing to do with your specific situation.
"My child needs a mask over their face."
Mask induction. Two words that keep you awake. You can't explain to a three-year-old what's about to happen, and you can't be sure the team has done this ten thousand times before.
"I take twelve medications. Will they interact?"
Your cardiologist, your rheumatologist, and your GP each manage a piece of you. Nobody has sat down and looked at your full medication list through the lens of what's about to happen in that operating room.
"Every one of these has an answer. We just need forty-five minutes and a video call."
The pre-op conversation you deserved from the start.
A forty-five minute HIPAA-secure video call with a board-certified anesthesiologist who reviews your chart, explains your specific anesthetic plan — general, regional, or sedation — and answers every question on your list. Not a nurse. Not a recorded video. A real specialist, your case, your fears.
87% of patients felt the virtual format saved them significant time and money.
Your surgery, your body, your plan. In writing.
After your consultation you receive a personalized anesthesia plan PDF: your specific sedation depth, airway classification, PONV risk score, and NPO instructions — written in plain language you can share with your surgeon and re-read the morning of surgery when anxiety spikes at 5 a.m.
Patients with written anesthesia plans report 40% lower pre-operative anxiety on validated scales.
Every pill reviewed. Every interaction flagged.
Bring your full medication list — all twelve of them. Your anesthesiologist reviews every drug interaction that matters in the operating room: blood thinners, cardiac medications, psychiatric drugs, supplements. You'll know exactly which to take the morning of surgery and which to hold, and why.
Patients on 7+ medications benefit most from pre-anesthesia medication reconciliation.
For the parent imagining the mask going over that small face.
Our pediatric consultation walks you through mask induction step by step — including flavored mask agents, what your child will experience, and whether parental presence during induction is available at your facility. You'll arrive knowing the protocol. Your child will sense your calm.
Parental anxiety directly compounds child anxiety in the pre-operative holding area. Preparation breaks that cycle.
The anxiety is real.
So is the solution.
48%
Patients experience preoperative anxiety
Global surgical population
77%
Fear post-op pain as top concern
Primary anesthesia fear
68%
Day-of cancellation reduction with virtual pre-op
Sedate patient outcomes
94%
Patients satisfied with virtual pre-anesthesia consult
Post-consult survey data
"I'd read every horror story on Reddit. Dr. Okafor spent forty minutes explaining exactly what sedation depth means and why I'd feel pressure but not pain during my laparoscopy. I went into surgery calm for the first time in my life."
Miriam Tran
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Portland OR
"My son is three. I couldn't stop imagining the mask. The pediatric consultation walked us through every second of mask induction. We practiced at home with a toy. He walked in confident. I didn't cry until afterward — in relief."
Carlos Reyes
Father of pediatric patient, bilateral ear tubes
"Eleven medications. My previous surgeries were disasters — nausea for days, pain breakthrough in recovery. For the first time someone looked at my full list, explained the PONV protocol, and flagged an interaction my GP had missed."
Sandra Osei
Spinal cord stimulator trial, chronic pain patient
"The ninety-second pre-op call from my hospital told me nothing. Sedate gave me a written plan, explained my airway classification, and answered the one question I was too embarrassed to ask the surgeon. Worth every penny."
David Kowalski
First-time surgical patient, inguinal hernia repair
Our Specialists
Board-Certified. Every time.
Every Sedate anesthesiologist holds active board certification from the American Board of Anesthesiology and carries active clinical practice — so they know what's actually happening in operating rooms today.
End-to-end encrypted video. Your health information never touches an unsecured server.
Free text questions answered within 48 hours by a qualified anesthesiologist — not a chatbot.
The calm voice before the count.
Not the falling-asleep part — the three seconds before it, when you realize you trust the person beside you. That's what we're here to give you.
Check My Anesthesia Readiness
A five-question guided assessment — surgery type, prior anesthesia experience, medications, your specific fears — delivers a personalized risk-comfort summary and a direct booking link.
Just Ask One Question
Not ready to commit? Ask the one question keeping you up at night. A board-certified anesthesiologist will respond within 48 hours. No account required. No obligation.