Anesthesia

The main task of this paramedical field of education is training students in providing patients in need of surgery with general anesthesia, which is, essentially, a medically induced coma, rather than sleep. Students learn to apply drugs to render a patient unresponsive and unconscious . Anesthetic drugs are normally administered intravenously (IV) or inhaled. Under general anesthesia, the patient is unable to feel pain and may also have amnesia . Therefore, the act of surgery would be done easier and safer. Students also learn how to monitor a patient's vital signs and his rate of breathing during the procedure .

So, acquiring knowledge to identify and administer drugs used for anesthetic purposes of different people become quite an important task. This procedure is usually done by an anesthesiologist, a nurse anesthetist, and a specially trained doctor, while

Students of this discipline are exposed to three main types of anesthesia including:

Local - numbs on a small area of the body in which the patient stays awake and alert.

Regional usually blocks pain in an organ of the body, such an arm or leg. A common type is epidural anesthesia is used during childbirth

General - makes the patient unconscious. In this case, the patient does not feel any pain, and you do not remember the procedure afterwards .