Dosing a Patient for Anesthesia
Anesthesia is a very dangerous drug if placed in the wrong hands. Most surgeries require intravenous anesthesia. There are multiple different types of anesthesia including intravenous, inhalation, nerve block (local) or topical. Intravenous is the number one go to for surgeries, the wrong dosage could cost you your life. The anesthesiologist has to use caution when prescribing the correct dose of anesthesia based on height, weight and laboratory values of the patient. Surgeons need to have different forms of math that they can use to make sure they give the patient the correct medications.
The most popular math is ratio proportion. Ratio proportions are when we compare values, they help us compare and This
Anesthesia is a very dangerous drug if placed in the wrong hands. Most surgeries require intravenous anesthesia. There are multiple different types of anesthesia including intravenous, inhalation, nerve block (local) or topical. Intravenous is the number one go to for surgeries, the wrong dosage could cost you your life. The anesthesiologist has to use caution when prescribing the correct dose of anesthesia based on height, weight and laboratory values of the patient. Surgeons need to have different forms of math that they can use to make sure they give the patient the correct medications.
The most popular math is ratio proportion. Ratio proportions are when we compare values, they help us compare and This