Basics of Anesthesia and Its Types
Basics of Anesthesia and Its Types
its Types
TYPES OF ANESTHESIA
1.General anesthesia
2.Regional anesthesia
GENERAL ANESTHESIA
Altered physiological state of reversible loss of consciousness ,
analgesia, amnesia and some degree of muscle relaxation
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
Absence of sensations in a part of body without loss of consciousness
COMPONENTS OF ANESTHESIA
• Amnesia
• Analgesia
• Loss of consciousness
• Muscle relaxation
How does anesthesia works?
• OLD THEORY
Vertical integration
• Potentiation of inhibitory receptors e.g GABA ,glycine and potassium
channels
3. Medical knowledge
4. Attention to detail