Month: June 2010

A nurse anesthetist is a registered nurse who has specialized training in providing anesthesia to patients before and after medical procedures. When not administering anesthesia, he or she assumes the duties of a general nurse, such as providing patient comfort and care, monitoring vital signs, and helping to establish treatment plans. Anesthetists may work in ... Read More

Awareness under anesthesia occurs in around .1 to .2 percent of general anesthesia cases, or one to two documented cases in every thousand surgeries. The rarity of anesthesia awareness has declined radically, thanks to a number of developments in the field of anesthesiology, making awareness under anesthesia thankfully extremely rare. That said, it can be ... Read More

Use of Anesthesia Services for Routine Gastrointestinal Endoscopy The following Association Technology Evaluation Criteria must be met for a service/supply to be considered for coverage: 1. The technology must have final approval from the appropriate government regulatory bodies; 2. The scientific evidence must permit conclusions concerning the effect of the technology on health outcomes; 3. ... Read More

Before anesthesia, a surgery would have to take place as quickly as possible because the patient could experience severe shock from the pain and trauma of being cut open. The development of anesthesia allowed surgeons to take more time to perform the necessary surgery with less risk of severely traumatizing the patient. Regional anesthesia is ... Read More

A local anesthetic is a type of treatment or medication used to provide analgesia, or pain relief, to a specific area of the body. Often, a doctor, nurse or anesthesiologist applies a local anesthetic to a certain area before a minor surgical procedure. It differs in contrast to a general anesthetic, which causees an individual ... Read More

Endotracheal anesthesia is a form of anesthesia in which inhaled gases are delivered directly into the trachea with the use of an endotracheal tube. As long as gases are supplied through the tube, the patient will remain deeply unconscious and insensate to pain. This technique is widely used for the purpose of keeping patients unconscious ... Read More