ANESTHESIOLOGY
Anesthesiologists provides a wide range of services, extending beyond just during surgery. In fact, they are involved in pre-operative assessments, manage pain during childbirth, offer pain relief for various conditions, and play a crucial role in critical care units.
Specific Services:
- Pre-operative evaluation and management: Anesthesiologists assess patients' overall health and optimize them for surgery, including managing underlying medical conditions.
- Anesthesia administration: They provide anesthesia for surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures, ensuring patient safety and comfort.
- Postoperative pain management: They manage pain relief after surgery using various modalities, including medication and nerve blocks.
- Critical care: They provide intensive care to patients in critical care units, managing airway and ventilatory support.
- Acute pain management: They address pain from various sources, including injuries, surgeries, and childbirth.
- Chronic pain management: They provide pain relief for long-term conditions like arthritis.
- Interventional pain management: They offer specialized treatments for pain, such as nerve blocks and injections.
- Palliative care: They provide pain relief and comfort for patients with terminal illnesses.
- Resuscitation: They are trained to deal with emergency situations and provide life support.
- Obstetric anesthesia: They provide pain relief during childbirth, managing both the mother and baby.
- Cardiothoracic anesthesia: They provide specialized anesthesia for heart and chest surgeries.
- Pain clinics: They offer comprehensive pain assessment and management services.
- Pre-anaesthetic clinics: They assess patients before surgery to optimize them for anesthesia.
- NORA: Non operating room anesthesia, for MRI, CT, Cathlabs.
- Transferring of patients on life support (ventilators) in ACLS ambulances.