Anesthesia

5.Explain the stages of anesthesia. There are four stages of anesthesia. Stage I is called the analgesia stage. In this stage a person feels pain but does not care. Pain progressively diminishes. The patient remains awake and conscious. They can see and hear. Analgesia stage has three planes. The first two planes are relative analgesia. These two planes are appropriate for dental hygiene care. In this stage the reflexes and respiration remain normal. Best administered for short procedures.…

Field block anesthesia: (meds, # mls, process, effect) 1-2% of lidocaine or 0.25 or 0.5% Bupivacaine 10ml of either medications is used. Lidocaine needs at least 10 mins to be effective. Used a 10 ml syringe with 27 gauze with ¼ in length needle. Lidocaine with epinephrine can use to decrease bleeding and extent the Lidocaine effect. However, epinephrine is contraindicated with single circulation or end such as fingers, toes, ears, and nose. After cleansing the skin with an antiseptic a local…

The Mother of Anesthesia As a kid, we grow up idolizing a certain someone due to their influential ways in which they have impacted us individually. In contrary, the idea of an American Icon has its difference, it is now based on how the individual has impacted the nation as a whole, representing an idol for us all in America. They do this by providing us more new aspects to look up to, and symbolizing a substantial effect on our own life for the future. Furthermore, as an American in society,…

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…

similar settings with similar instruction. As medical technology has advanced, the success rate has increased in anesthesia care. Due to improved methods of monitoring vital signs and blood oxygen levels, anesthesia care jobs have become easier to manage, and success rate in the career has increased. According to a study published in an AANNA journal, “Success in reducing anesthesia-related mortality has been exemplary, with current estimates of death rates as low as 1 death per 200,000 to…

A particularly difficult field of interest is veterinary anesthesia because how difficult the job is; it is a complicated process to apply effective anesthesia to a wide range of species and sizes of animals. The job of an anesthesiologist is not always the same, but they are consulted in meetings and boards to give their opinions on societal and controversial…

a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) or other appropriate baccalaureate degree, a current license as a registered nurse, at least one year’s experience in an acute care nursing setting, graduation from an accredited graduate school of nurse anesthesia (these educational programs range from 24-36 months, depending upon university requirements, and offer a master’s degree), all programs include clinical training in university-based or large community hospitals, pass a national certification…

others. You sit back in the chair and the doctor holds up a mask. You automatically think that all the mask is going to do is put you to sleep,but what you don’t realize how this important this gas helped your life in many ways. This gas is called anesthesia. Not only did it impact how surgeons did surgery today or how it changed feeling’s against surgery after it was invented, it also saved many lives in the process of getting better. Compared to the 1800’s I’d say our live our great. In the…

undergoing surgery that involves being put into a drug-induced sleep comes into contact with an anesthesiologist”(Kaskinoro). The definition of an anesthesiologist is a physician who administers anesthesia prior to, during, or after surgery or other medical procedures. The first known uses of anesthesia date back to the aborigines when they used the pituri plant to help numb the pain of the injury. The pain was numbed by chewing in the pituri plant’s stem and leaf. Today, Australia is the…

specialty, provided by highly skilled anesthetic physicians who have been practicing in this field for over 12 years. There are approximately 32,000 anesthesiologists, practicing in the United States today. Anesthesiologists is an anesthesia care team of personally provided anesthesia. Anesthesiologists have the medical training to manage the overall health of patients when they are at their most…