Medical Emergency and Hypnosis

To the emergency care Doctors, Nurses, EMT, and ER personnel who are trained in hypnotic suggestion, many thanks!  More often than not, a patient who has experienced some trauma or is rushed to the hospital because of medical emergency, is already in a hyper-suggestible state – some form of trance. What is said, talked about around the patient, and how it is said, can have a definite affect on the patient’s recovery rate. When in a trance-like state under these conditions, the patient can also be in fear. When in fear, in anxiety, the mind is so open, everything can be picked up. What comments are said, whether meant negatively or not, the emergency patient will often interpret in a negative way.  Those with hypnotic training know that this is the opportunity to use suggestion and make a positive difference in the outcome.

In her book, Medical Hypnosis, Roberta Temes reports about a study done with EMTs at The University of Kansas by M. Eric Wright. One group of EMTs was trained in suggestion and the other group not. (Wright 1990) The results showed after 6 months that the trained group’s patients had fewer hospital admissions from ER, the hospital stays were shorter, and a considerably lower mortality rate than patients brought in by the untrained group.