There are three main types of anesthesia: local anesthesia numbs a small area and allows the patient to remain awake; general anesthesia puts the patient into a deep sleep for surgery by using various medicines administered through gas masks, breathing tubes, or intravenous injections while carefully monitoring vital signs; regional anesthesia numbs a large area like an entire limb by injecting medicine near nerve groups so the patient remains awake but feels no pain and may receive sedatives to relax them.

1. ANESTHESIA

2. ANESTHESIA
es un acto médico controlado en
el que se usan fármacos para
bloquear la sensibilidad táctil y
dolorosa de un paciente, sea en todo
o parte de su cuerpo y sea con o sin
compromiso de conciencia.

3. General
Anesthesia
anesthesia
local
TIPOS DE ANESTHESIA
Regional
anesthesia

4. LOCAL ANESTHESIA
numbs only the part of your body that is hurt or
being worked on. You are awake, but won't feel
any pain. Most of the time, a needle is used to
inject the medicine under the skin. Sometimes it
is delivered through a nasal spray.
You may receive local anesthesia when you get
stitches, have a tooth pulled, or when your doctor
removes a small piece of skin for a biopsy

5. GELNERAL ANESTHESIA
is used to temporarily put you into a deep sleep so
you don't feel pain during surgery. You will not be
aware of what is going on around you. A number of
different medicines may be used. Sometimes, you
breathe in the medicine through a gas mask or
breathing tube. The anesthesiologist may also give
you the medicine through a vein. During general
anesthesia, the health care team carefully watches
your vital signs and body functions, including your
breathing and brain activity. After surgery is over,
you will be given medicines to reverse the effects of
the anesthesia, so you wake up

6. ANESTHESIA REGIONAL
numbs a large area, such as an entire arm, leg, or the
entire lower half of your body. An anesthesiologist
injects the medicine into a group of nerves so you no
longer feel pain. You are awake, but you may be given
medicine called a sedative to make you feel sleepy and
less anxious.
• Two common types of regional anesthesia include:
• Epidural anesthesia
• Spinal anesthesia