Far Yal. Payel Mukherjee. Fares Almansor. Waseem Adil. Mayflor Catolin-Prieto. Show More. Views Total views. Actions Shares. No notes for slide. Analgesia vs anesthesia 1. Who uses PCA? You stay awake but may not remember the procedure afterwards. Epidural anesthesia, which is sometimes used during childbirth, is a type of regional anesthesia. You go to sleep and feel nothing. You have no memory of the procedure afterwards. How Does Anesthesia Work?
Total views 48, On Slideshare 0. From embeds 0. Number of embeds Downloads Shares 0. Comments 0. Likes Brachial plexus are blocked in Axilla during upper limb surgeries. Lumbar plexus are blocked at the lower back during lower limb surgeries.
Intercostal blocks are used in pain relief following rib fractures. Ring blocks are used in finger and toe surgeries. General anesthesia in given when the patient needs unconsciousness. This includes major and complicated surgeries. During general anesthesia, multiple anesthetic agents are administered to achieve loss of consciousness, muscle paralysis, and pain relief.
Analgesia refers to the prevention of pain or pain relief. Analgesic agents can be administered by different routes; e. Analgesic agents are of different strengths and usually selected based on the intensity of the pain.
Sometimes, multiple agents are administered when strong pain relief is required such as in major surgeries or injuries. Anesthesia: Anesthesia is used when strong pain relief, as well as, muscle relaxation is required, such as surgeries involving deeper tissues planes. Many medics and people use them on various occasions on patients. If one has to define Anesthesia in a sentence, it would basically be a loss of sensation.
Today, two of the most common types of Anesthesia available that are used are Local Anesthesia and General Anesthesia. The latter numbs the whole body while the former numb a particular region. Analgesia is a state of relief from pain. They can be the normal pain killers that people have at their houses. Different Analgesia is prescribed according to the amount of pain and need of a person. It can be used for small daily pains like muscle pains as well as is given to the patients after surgery.
It does not need proper medical care like Anesthesia. Analgesic is a drug that has Analgesia in it. They are used in pain killers that people often take normally in cases of joint pain or headache, etc.
Usually, they do not make a person sleepy. Some of the tablets may have sedation in them or not. Whether it be Anesthesia or Analgesia, they both are very important in the field of medicine.
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