Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
What is Anesthesia & Pain Medicine?
Anesthesiologists are physicians that concentrate on the pain management and critical care medicine for their patient under multiple circumstances. These circumstances are highlighted below:
Major Surgery: Anesthesiologists take care of looking after vital signs of your heart, lung, and more while a patient is going under.
Women in labor: they make sure their patient is awake and alert while requiring pain management.
Minor Injuries and Surgery: they ensure pain management is tolerable when they do not require general anesthesia.
Anesthsiologists monitor patient before, during, and after surgery
They look after the patient before, during, and after their surgery. Before to ensure that the patient is fit for the procedure and to review any past medical history one has. During the surgery where anesthesiologists carefully monitors pain control and vital body functions. Finally, after the surgery to ensure normal breathing, circulation, consciousness, and oxygen of the patient.
The types of anesthesia these physicians provide are the following:
General anesthesia
Monitored anesthesia or IV Sedation
Regional anesthesia
Local anesthetic
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Quick Facts about Anesthesiology & Pain Management : the types of anesthesia procedures
General Anesthesia is provided during major operations such as open heart surgery and is performed through anesthesia mask or IV.
Monitored anesthesia or IV Sedation is used during colonoscopies in order to make one feel relaxed and affects consciousness. It is often provided through local and regional anesthesia.
Local Anesthesia numbs a small area of the body that procedure targets and is used usually for mole, stitches, and broken bones
Regional Anesthesia numbs large area in body through injection or catheter usually used for childbirth, spinal blocks, and more.
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