THESE ARE THE MAIN TYPES OF ANESTHESIA (FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT USAP.COM): GENERAL ANESTHESIA provides a total loss of consciousness, meaning you will be fully asleep. You will not be aware of any pain or feeling during your procedure. This type of anesthesia uses a combination of IV medicine (given through a tube in your vein) and gases (that you 1
breathe through a mask or breathing tube). After, you may be given medication to help reduce nausea or vomiting and you may have a sore throat after removal of a breathing tube. MAC (MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE OR CONSCIOUS SEDATION) uses IV medication to help you relax and decrease pain. Except for light sedation, you will likely not have any memory of the procedure. REGIONAL ANESTHESIA blocks pain to a specific area of your body. You will not feel pain, but you will also not lose consciousness (you will not be fully asleep) unless other medication is used. Your anesthesia clinician will inject medication near a nerve, and you may also get other medications through an IV to help you relax. A PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK stops sensation through a nerve or group of nerves. It is common for procedures on extremities (hands, feet, arms, legs), abdomen, some chest surgeries (breast, cardiac) and the face/head. EPIDURAL OR SPINAL ANESTHESIA is given through an injection in the spine to block pain for a large area of the body such as in C- sections, as well as some abdomen, hip, or leg surgeries.
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