use of irregular verb "awake"

I am a medical transcriptionist and have a question. Dictated at the end of most operative reports is the statement, "The patient was awoke/awoken/awakened/woken and taken to the recovery room in stable condition." Which of these forms is correct? I tend to transcribe "awakened," but since I hear so many different ways of stating this, I would like to be sure. Thanks!

[henry]

Originally Posted by Tea

I am a medical transcriptionist and have a question. Dictated at the end of most operative reports is the statement, "The patient was awoke/awoken/awakened/woken and taken to the recovery room in stable condition." Which of these forms is correct? I tend to transcribe "awakened," but since I hear so many different ways of stating this, I would like to be sure. Thanks!

I'd say " The patient was awoken/ awakened." :wink:

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Tea

I am a medical transcriptionist and have a question. Dictated at the end of most operative reports is the statement, "The patient was awoke/awoken/awakened/woken and taken to the recovery room in stable condition." Which of these forms is correct? I tend to transcribe "awakened," but since I hear so many different ways of stating this, I would like to be sure. Thanks!

This gets confusing because there are three different verbs with the same meaning:

wake/woke/woken
awake/awoke or awaked/awaked or awoken
awaken/awakened/awakened

To form the passive voice, one uses [to be + past participle].

One can take one's choice of the past participles (in red).

Personally, I would use "awakened".

[AELC]

These three verbs really are confusing. Awaken seems the safest way to go.

The meanings are pretty much the same, but wake and awaken sound very natural when used as transitive (or intransitive) verbs.
He wakes/awakens his children at 7 each morning. (I actually use the phrasal verb wake up more often than wake.)

But awake seems more at home as an intransitive verb.
I awake at 7 each morning. sounds natural,
but
I awake the children at 7. seems stilted.

Another slight difference is that awaken is used more often metphorically.
The experience awakened his interest in art history.

Woken has a wonderful Old English sound to it, and perhaps for that reason it seems to be used less often than awakened.

[xecole]

I think the form in most common use nowadays is woken, although I would favour awakened for formal use as here.
Verbbusters is a good quick reference for this sort of thing.