5. Origin of Anaesthesia word
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sr
August 29, 1809 â October 7, 1894
6. The letter of âAnaesthesiaâ
⢠Holmes wrote: "Everybody wants to have a
hand in a great discovery. All I will do is to
give a hint or two as to namesâor the name
âto be applied to the state produced and the
agent. The state should, I think, be called
'Anaesthesia.' This signifies insensibilityâ
more particularly ... to objects of touch."
â˘
Small, MR (1962). Oliver Wendell Holmes New York: Twayne Publishers. p. 55. "In a letter to dentistÂ
William T. G. Morton
7. Some Basic Questions
⢠I am a student /intern-I donât need to
learn Anaesthesia
⢠I am not specialising in Anaesthesia
⢠I am keen to learn âBut I think its very
risky
8. Why should I know it ?
⢠Airway skills âlife saving
⢠Expertise in IV access-life saving
⢠CPR-Life giving
⢠Some knowledge of GA ,LA, Pain Relief
whatever you may practice
13. Areas of the practice of anesthesiology
⢠1. clinical anesthesia
-in operating room
-Radiologic department : CT MRI INR RT
-Cardiac laboratory : catheterization EPS insertion of
AICD,PCD
-ECT
⢠2. pain management
⢠3.intensive care and Respiratory Care
⢠4.CPR
14. Clinical Roles of the anesthesiologist
1. OR ,RR, LR, ER
2. ICU, ward, Respiratory care unit
3. Pain clinic
4. CPR team, EMS ,intravenous team
15. Expanding Role of
Anesthesiologist
⢠The anesthesiologist is the perioperative
physician
⢠From Surgical Anesthesia to Critical
Care Medicine and Pain Medicine
⢠Administrative ,Co ordinating roles
17. Early Records-
East
⢠ Sumerians theÂ
opium poppy (
Papaver somniferum)
3400 BC
â˘
 Sushruta
Samhita - wine with
incense of cannabis for anesthesia.[
â˘
8th century AD, Arab traders had
brought opium to India[Â and China.[21
18. China
⢠Hua Tuo AD 145220 2nd century AD. by mixing
wine with a mixture of herbal extracts he
called mafeisanÂ
19. Primitive Anesthesia
⢠Ancient civilizations- opium poppy, coca
leaves, mandrake root, alcohol
⢠Regional anesthesia in ancient timescompression of nerve trunks or the
application of cold (cryoanalgesia)
20. Middle Ages and Renaissance
⢠1200 - 1500 A.D. in England, a potion
called dwale was used as an anesthetic.
contained bile, opium, lettuce, bryony,
and hemlock.Â
21. 19 th Century
⢠Crawford Long-1842
⢠employed ether as a
general anesthetic
for limb
amputations
and parturition
23. World Anaesthesia Day
⢠On 16 October 1846,
John Collins Warren
removed a tumor from
the neck of a local
printer,Edward Gilbert
Abbott. Warren
reportedly quipped,
"Gentlemen, this is no
humbug.
⢠MGH Boston
25. Journey of anesthesia
⢠Local anesthesia : chewed coca leaves and
spat saliva
⢠The evolution of modern anesthesia : first
with inhalation anesthesia=> local and
regional anesthesia=> finally intravenous
anesthesia
26. Birth of modern Anaesthesia
⢠1913,Chevalier Jackson-use of direct
laryngoscopy as a means to intubate the
trachea
⢠Sodium Pentathal - first used in
humans on 8 March 1934 by Ralph M.
Waters
28. What I need to learn as
Student /Intern
⢠Recognise Breathing problems
⢠Mask Ventilation
⢠Airway manuevres
⢠Intubation skills
⢠Intravenous Access
47. regional anesthesia
⢠Intradermal infiltrating and nerve blocks 
Bier block ( intravenous regional anesthesia
of the arm) Âť spinal anesthesia Âť caudal
epidural anesthesia Âť lumbar epidural
anesthesia
48. ⢠Techniques of anesthesia
1. GA
2. RA or LA
Choice of anesthesia : technique, agents
1. LA
2. GA
3. RA
4. MAC
How to choose
1. the operation
2. the patient
3. the anesthetist
4. the surgeon
49. advantages of anesthesia
1. good operating condition
2. no suffer to pain
3. decrease stress response to surgery
4. maintain physiologic balance
50. Challenges of anesthesia
⢠Alter physiology and control
⢠Adequate but not too much
⢠Anticipate ,Prevent & Treat
Complications
51. Care of the anesthetized patient
⢠1. preanesthetic care
Routine preanesthesia evaluation
1. History
2. physical examination
3. laboratory evaluation
4. ASA classification
Preanesthetic preparation
Premedication
52. Care of the anesthetized patient
⢠2. anesthetic care
- preinduction phase
- induction phase
- maintenance phase
- emergence phase
53. Care of the anesthetized patient
⢠3. postanesthesia care
3.1 immediate : RR or PACU
3.2 late postanesthesia care
- pain control
-complication
-monitoring
54. The primary goal of the anesthetist âş to
see the patient safety and comfortably
through procedure
57. Malpractice Risk according to
Speciality
⢠Anupam B. Jena, M.D., Ph.D., Seth Seabury, Ph.D., Darius
Lakdawalla, Ph.D., and Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D.
⢠New England Journal of Medicine
2011;Aug 18; 365(7):629-6
58. The most common specialties
⢠Anesthesiology
⢠Family General Practice
⢠Internal Medicine
61. Anaesthesiology as a Career Vis-Ă-Vis
Professional Satisfaction in Developing
Countries
â˘
Sanjeev Singh1, Arti Singh Anbarasu Annamalai
and Gaurav Goel
⢠J Anesthe Clinic Res 4: 304
62. Average working hours per week
â˘
⢠⢠<50 hrsâ28%
⢠⢠51-60 hrsâ22%
⢠⢠61-70 hrsâ15%
⢠⢠71-80 hrsâ12%
⢠⢠>81 hrsâ23%
63. What career would you like to opt
for in your post graduation
⢠1. Anaesthesiology 11%
⢠2. Surgery 8%
⢠3. Pediatrics 7%
⢠4. Medicine 17%
⢠5. Radiology 21%
⢠6. Ophthalmology 3%
⢠7. Orthopedics18%
⢠8. Others (Please Specify) 1%
?
64. Satisfaction as Anaesthetist
⢠Overall, 78%-149
(i.e.58% in grade 4 and
20% in grade 5) in our
study of
anaesthesiologists were
satisfied bytheir
professional work.
⢠11% wanted to
choose
anaesthesiology as a
career because of
increasing value of
anaesthesiologists
and not much initial
cost required in
setup
65. ⢠Look Ahead and Explore
⢠Anesthesiologists are those who do not
run way from challenges of life