Intro Flashcards
What is anesthesia?
Entire loss, partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation with local or general insensibility implied specially to a patient having surgery.
Components of anesthesia definition
Reversible loss of consciousness
Analgesia
Areflexia
Muscle relaxation
Definition of analgesia
Block of conscious sensation of pain
Sedation definition
Sleep with preservation of eyelash reflex and purposeful response to command
Hypnosis
Unconsciousness without analgesia
Amnesia
Prevention of memory formation
Relaxation
Prevention of unwanted movement or muscle tone
What is MAC ? ( monitored anaesthesia care)
What are his components ?
Anaesthesia service for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures with local anaesthesia+sedation+analgesia where there’s preservation of spontaneous breathing and airway reflexes
Safe conscious sedation+ anxiolytics+ pain control
Definition general anaesthesia
Drug induced loss of consciousness where patient are not arousable even with painful sensation
What is regional anaesthesia
Loss of pain sensation with varying degrees of muscle relaxation in certain regions of the body
What is Epidural anaesthesia
Regional block resulting from injection of large volume of local anaesthetic into epidural space