About Aware4Life
At Aware4life, you will find a highly credentialed, experienced and compassionate team of professionals who provide a broad range of services. From mind, body, and spiritual coaching to:
- Health and Wellness
- Personal and Life
- Business and Career
- Education and Spirituality
We are all here to help guide and nurture you along your journey in discovering your whole self to unlock the most powerful asset you have, your true self that has the ability to accomplish and achieve your goals, dreams, and to find your true passion in life.
Dr. Jeanette Magdalene
The practice is led by Dr. Jeanette Magdalene, she is a published author, writer, multi-coach in life and business, education and spirituality, Thought Field Therapy, and an expert in Anesthesia Awareness.Please view Dr. Jeanette Magdalene Resume
Using her own personal experience and two decades of post-surgery research, Dr. Magdalene has become one of the world's leading authorities on Awareness During Anesthesia. Her book, Silenced Screams: Surviving Anesthetic Awareness During Surgery, is her true-life story of the more than two hours of pain and fear she experienced during surgery.
Lisa Bailer
Lisa Bailer is our expert in health and wellness programs to help and assist you with spectacular guidance in the areas of illness, wellness, and spirituality. Her years of education in health bring a tremendous amount of knowledge in her coaching abilities.Cory Quigley
Cory Quigley and Dr. Magdalene are the team for student and educational needs helping students and parents with the change from home to campus and childhood to adulthood with clear communication and goal settings for a positive outcome.Todd M. Abbott, Esquire:
Mr. Todd M. Abbott received a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Major in English from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He then received the degree of Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law. During the final year of his studies at California Western School of Law, Mr. Abbott was awarded the Award for Outstanding Service from the Office of the Attorney General, State of California, Bureau of Medical Fraud and Elder Abuse.Mr. Abbott is an accomplished attorney with a background in the Criminal, Civil, Family, Immigration, Corporate, Estate Planning and Insurance disciplines. He is licensed to practice in the Supreme Court of the State of California and the United States District Court, Southern and Central Districts of California. Mr. Abbott has a proven ability to negotiate settlement and litigate matters through trial. Feel free to contact him with any questions at (760) 494-1400.
As counsel to Aware4Life, Mr. Abbott has teamed up with Dr. Jeanette Magdalene in an effort to bring much needed aid to those individuals at risk for, or already suffering from, trauma due to Awareness. It is our goal that one day everybody preparing for surgery will have been educated on the potential effects of Awareness and those feeling the effects of Awareness related trauma shall have the counsel and rehabilitation they so deserve.
Dr. Magdalene, Lisa and Cory offer a wide range of workshops and retreats for the mind, body and spiritual consciousness.
Awareness During Anesthesia (Anesthesia Awareness)
Having awareness during surgery is probably one of the most
terrifying things imaginable. Anesthesia awareness occurs on the
operating table during surgery when the patient has not been given
enough general anesthetic to prevent consciousness. Also called
unintended intra-operative awareness, it happens in about .1% or
.2% of the 20 million surgeries that take place every year in America.
When it does occur, the patient may become alert and begin feeling
the pain or pressure of surgery; some can also hear conversations
going on in the operating room. If the patient has been given a muscle
relaxant or a paralytic drug they may not be able to express any
distress at the pain. In fact, the incidence of anesthesia awareness is
much higher when the paralytic drugs are used. If anesthesia
awareness does occur about 42% feel the pain of the operation, 94%
experience panic/anxiety and 70% experience lasting psychological
symptoms. While the patient may not be able move or communicate
verbally, they may still show physiological signs of pain such as
sweating, formation of tears, increased heart-rate and pupil dilation.
There are two states of consciousness that the patient may experience
during surgery. The first, "Awareness" occurs when the patient is
aware of what's going on around them and can respond to commands
but has no post-operative recollection of the events. The second,
"Memorization and recall" occurs when the patient is unable to respond
to commands but does have postoperative memory of the events.
Experiences vary widely and can be extremely traumatic or not at all.
It is only in the most traumatic cases where the patient becomes fully
conscious, experiences pain and retains full recollection of the events.
In these cases it is possible for the patient to suffer post-traumatic
stress disorder. But there is evidence that early psychological
counseling with support, compassion and sympathy from family and
friends can reduce that risk.