General anaesthetic
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- Created on: 20-04-15 19:54
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- General anaesthetic
- What is it?
- medications used to cause loss of consciousness
- unaware of surgery
- liquid injected through cannula
- gas breathed in through mask
- interrupts passage of signals along nerves
- will make sure you continue to receive anaesthetic and stay in a controlled state of unconsciousn-ess
- after procedure anaesthetic turned off and gradually wake up
- medications used to cause loss of consciousness
- When is it used?
- essential for some surgical procedures
- may be safer or more comfortable for you to be unconscious
- usually for long operations
- operations that may be very painful
- essential for some surgical procedures
- Side effects
- most side effects occur immediately after operation and dont last long
- feeling sick / vomiting
- shivering and feeling cold
- confusion and memory loss
- chest infection
- bladder problems
- dizziness, bruising, or soreness
- sore throat
- lip or dental damage
- Complication-s and risks
- serious allergic reaction
- inherited reaction
- death
- very rare
- more likely if:
- having major / emergency surgery
- overweight
- smoke
- have other illnesses
- most cases - benefit of being pain free outweigh risks
- possible to wake during surgery
- very rare
- greatly reduced my monitors
- What is it?
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