Department Of Anesthesiology (Dr Gaurav Khanna)
Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and periprocedural care of patients before, during and after invasive procedures. By controlling a patient’s level of awareness (hypnosis), response to pain (analgesia), memory (amnesia) and muscle tone (relaxation), the physician anaesthetist makes a surgical event a “non-event” for the patient while providing an optimal surgical environment for the team. The role of the physician anaesthetist has expanded greatly, and now includes caring for patients during recovery, postoperative pain management, providing anesthesia for nonsurgical procedures, providing pain relief during childbirth, critical care medicine, chronic pain management, consulting with other practitioners on managing pain, and much more. Physician anaesthetist have also taken leading roles in hospital management as safe, effective and efficient care for surgical patients becomes an important focus at the national level.
Anesthesia for surgery is administered primarily in hospitals or medical centers, ambulatory surgical centers or a doctor’s office. Depending on their mode of practice and subspecialty, physician anaesthetist encounter a wide variety of patient types, with numerous career options in both the academic and private practices. . He or she may encounter an emergency cesarean section, a routine tonsillectomy or a car-accident victim . Exceptional technical skills, problem-solving abilities and a cool head under pressure are musts—as is a caring, empathetic demeanor, as “going under” is often cited as patients’ primary fear during medical procedures.
Procedures Like:
- Painless Delivery
- General Anesthesia
- Spinal Anesthesia
- Saddle Block
- Local Blocks