Oh, Raoul!!!
The poor bastard. I know I MUST have it wrong. They have to have planned for this. I imagine:
The patient -
Sick as a dog, vomiting, already nauseated from the pain medications. Tied up to keep from floating away.
Surgeons -
Sick, vomiting, tools floating off, blood spurting up, down and sideways, cursing, then snarling, blaming the patient, pilot and all assistants.
After landing, the surgeons will congratulate themselves for the fine work they did under extremely adverse conditions, with a lousy patient, pilot and assistants.
Arf