When
we talk about the word anesthesia, it means a temporary state of mind that
lacks awareness and becomes unconscious with temporary loss of memory, lack of
pain, and muscle relaxation. Anesthesia is usually given to patients who have
to undergo surgery, so that the person does not experience the trauma of being
under the knife and is able to do away with the pain during the surgery.
Anesthesia can be given for very minor operations and also major organ
surgeries. In today’s times we cannot imagine a surgery without using
anaesthesia.
History of Anesthesia
When
the medicinal wonder of anaesthesia was not known the injured person underwent
extremes trauma when a surgery had to be performed on him or her. The doctors’
skills lied in how fast he or she could perform the surgery and the mortality
rates were very high. Soon, a lot of alternatives began to be experimented to
numb the patient while operating on him or her.
In
1846 a Boston dentist named William T.G. Morton of the Massachusetts General
hospital publicly demonstrated the magic of general anaesthesia. He gave an
ether anaesthetic for the removal of a neck tumor by surgeon John Collins
Warren. About ten years later cocaine was introduced as the first viable local
anaesthetic. It was only in 1930’s that Dr. Harvey Cushing began using local
anesthesia.
Is Anaesthesia risky?
There
are both major and minor risks of anesthesia although with high level of
sophistication and stringent medical experiments we hear of a very few cases of
anaesthesia that have failed.
The
major risks include death, heart attack and pulmonary embolism. The minor risks
can include postoperative nausea and vomiting and readmission to the hospital.
The
most important factor in an anesthesia being successful is the general health
condition of the patient. A healthy patient with basic parameters of general
health working fine responds to anesthesia in a more positive way.
The
combination of safe and efficacious drugs, highly trained and dedicated
personnel, and good monitoring equipment and drug delivery devices has made
general anesthesia a very safe preposition with almost 99% successful cases.
What are Anaesthesia Products?
GPC Medical Limited a well reputed, certified, India based medical company supplies the
following anaesthesia products that are required in a hospital during a
surgery.
- Airways
- Anaesthesia Machine
- Artificial Resuscitation
- Bains Circuit
- Clause Harness Belts
- Connectors and Valves
- Corrugated Breathing tubes
- Endotracheal Tubes
- Face Masks-Black Rubber
- Face Masks-Silicon
- Jackson Rees Paediatric Circuit
- Laryngoscopes
- Magill Forceps
- Oxygen Therapy Equipment
- Oxygen Reservoir Attachment
- Rebreathing Bags
- Vaporizers
All
these products manufactured by GPC Medical Limited are tested for their and quality
and hygiene.
Artificial Resuscitators
It
is a hand held device shaped like a bag very commonly used to provide positive
pressure ventilation to a patient who is not breathing or is breathing inadequately.
They are to be used by a trained professional. Most devices also have a face
mask and an oxygen reservoir bag along with the artificial resuscitators. They come in different sizes for infants,
children, and adults.
Anaesthesia Oxygen Masks
These
are masks that are used to provide general anaesthesia inhalation gas to
operative patients.
Rebreathing Bags
The
usual function that the rebreathing bag plays is that of a reservoir for the
expired gases in a rebreathing circuit.
Corrugated Tubes
Corrugated
tubes are used for connecting components of anaesthesia breathing circuits.
Guedel Pattern Airway
When
a patient is not in his or her senses the muscles in their jaws relax and this
may further allow the tongue to obstruct the airway. The role of the Guedel
Pattern Airway is to maintain the airway open during the surgery by taking care
of the airway and preventing the tongue from covering the epiglottis.
Anaesthesia Machine
An
anaesthesia machine is a trolley on which gas cylinders, pipelines for various
gases used in anaesthesia are mounted together along with various valves,
controls and ancillary equipment. An anaesthesia machine is an omnipresent
device found in all operating theatres, X-Ray department rooms, accident and
emergency unit, dental clinics, and even the community clinics.
In
all we can say that anaesthesia is the first and a very crucial step that is
taken for any surgical procedure. It has to be done by very professional
personnels and no margin of error can be allowed in the anaesthesia process.
At
GPC Medical Limited all the products that are provided bear a stamp of excellence and
trust.
Watch Video: Corrugated Breathing Tubes
Watch Video: Rebreathing Bags
Watch Video: Anaesthetic Face Masks
Watch Video: Artificial Resuscitator - Adult
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