Anesthesi A Necessity In Surgery

Anesthesiology is a necessity in surgery. Anesthesia is a medicine that is used in most cases to paralyze or numb a patient that is undergoing surgery. The medicine is used on patients while under surgery to help them not feel the pain from the type of procedure being done at the time, also so they aren’t aware and helps ease their worries while under. Are there other Anesthetic alternatives that result in a better and faster recovery other than the normal General Anesthesia? On average 1 to 2 people out of 10,000 have a bad reaction to anesthesia during a procedure or after the procedure during recovery. Although general anesthesia is a necessity for western medicine, more patients should be informed on the types of anesthesia they can be …show more content…
“You have the right to help plan your care. Learn about your health condition and how it may be treated. Discuss treatment options with your caregivers to decide what care you want to receive” (Truven). The doctor will discuss multiple treatment plans with a patient before going under anesthesia, or enlighten and inform the patient with the different types of anesthetic agents hey can or choose to take. Different types of anesthetic do different things for the body. There is General anesthetic/anesthesia which is typically used in most the surgeries performed on a day to day basis. It makes the patient or patient's completely unaware or asleep while surgery is being performed. Interscalene Block is a different type of anesthetic that blocks out any feeling in the shoulder or arm, a very similar anesthetic is IV regional anesthesia, this is primarily used in the leg or arm and is not often used in bigger surgery but most commonly used in smaller procedures. Local anesthesia is a very similar anesthetic compared to Interscalene block and IV regional anesthesia. Local anesthesia is an anesthetic agent that primarily is used for the numbing of a small section of a body and is mostly used in smaller surgeries, it’s not the most effective anesthetic because a patient or patients can still feel pressure on the part of the body the procedure is being performed on. Not all anesthetic leaves the body completely numb or unaware of what certain things are being done to it. A spinal or epidural anesthesia is commonly used for the abdomen down, is commonly used for pregnant women who are getting prepared to have birth. This type of anesthesia doesn’t completely knock the patient out like general anesthesia does, but it does numb the body and takes away any pain that could have possibly been caused by a procedure or an implication in