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ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACE 

The Anesthesia Consultant

Because the spaceship is more than 200 days away from Earth, the physicians instruct the crew to proceed with surgery and anesthesia in outer space. How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? Protocols regarding how to accomplish anesthesia in outer space exist in the medical literature.

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WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

The Anesthesia Consultant

Perioperative” means “around the time of operations.” Today I’ll walk you through an example anesthetic which shows how an anesthesiologist approaches the challenges of a difficult surgical problem: emergency non-cardiac surgery in a patient with heart disease. Dr. A meets Mr. Doe and interviews him.

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What Are Trocars? Here's Everything You Need to Know

Trocar Supplies

Maintaining air pressure inside the body is essential to the surgeon's ability to visualize the tissues being operated on. When Southey began practicing medicine, all the major cities had metalsmiths available to make surgical tools for individual surgeons on request. At the opposite end of the trocar, there is an obturator.