What do surgeons do b4 a surgery so you wont feel pain and youll go 2 sleep?
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surgeons don't do anything. Anesthesiologists do it. They give you a number of drugs to put you in a state of deep sleep (coma) if you like so you do not feel pain , they maintain that state and watch your vitals continuously until you are finished with surgery and bring you from that state when you are ready to come back out of that state.
they will either give you a needle or gas u
An anesthesiologist will give you a blend of gases to put you to sleep. he will then monitor your stats throughout the surgery to make sure you do not wake up until it is over. Today, the commonly used anesthetics are nitrous oxide (aka laughing gas), sevoflurane, desflurane, isoflurane and halothane.
(surgeons don't contribute at all to this)
Generally you are given an injection before surgery to calm you down prior to going to the OR .
They don't put you to sleep. Its the anesthesiologist who puts you to sleep. There is actually a whole team of medical specialists attending to the surgery.
It really depends on the anasthesiologist. Usually, if you are really nervous, he will give you something to take the edge off and calm you down, then once you are in the OR, he will use a blend of different gasses to make you fall into a deep sleep. Once you are under, he will then inject into your IV a cocktail of different drugs to insure that you will not be sick from the procedure and the gas when you wake up. I've been put to sleep several times and for me, it's a walk in the park. HTH
An anesthesiologist will give you medication through your IV or in a mask as in a gaseous form so that you will go to sleep.
(According to Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, School of Nursing instructor, D. Aschenbrenner:)
Before the surgeon or anesthesiologist administer pain meds, the NURSE completes a pre-operative assessment that indicates if you are at risk of intra-operative or post-operative complications. After assessing your health status (this includes taking your vital signs-- blood pressure, heart rate, respirations, temperature, amount of oxygen in your blood, etc.), he or she performs diagnostic tests & checks the results of those tests prior to sending you to surgery. The nurse notifies the surgeon and/or anesthesiologist of any abnormal results (to decrease your chance of having an adverse reaction, address possible complications, etc.)
Here are some pre-op types of meds as well as some examples:
Sedatives: Pentobarbital, Secobarbital
Tranquilizers: Valium, Phenergan
Narcotics: Demerol, MSO4
Vagolytics: Atropine, Scopolamine
Antibiotic: Sometimes ordered prophylactively preoperative; do not affect anesthesia and are therefore not true pre-operative medications.
Many patients are anxious/fearful of the procedure, pain or recovery, so the nurse will also discuss several things with you: your procedure, post-surgical expectations, pain management & post-op activities (exercises, deep breathing, elevation, cold/hot compress, etc).
You'll want to keep in mind that the best way to prepare yourself for surgery is provide the nurse with as much info as you can when he/she asks questions: allergies you have, which medications you're taking (good idea to bring them) how much you smoke/drink, has your weight recently changed & how much, previous surgeries/hospitalization & their resolution, cultural issues, etc. Everything I just included can influence the type/amount of anesthesia and how well you respond to surgery.
For more info, I recommend visiting the website of this #1 hospital: http://www.hopkinshospital.org/patients/...
better yet, visit http://www.hopkinshospital.org/health_in... and search FAQs specifically for your type of surgery.
Best wishes!
anesthic.Before that though they usually give you what they call a cocktail of drugs. It usually consists of versed and fentynal.
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