Day 4 Module A - General Anesthesia
General anesthesia renders a patient for surgery, unconscious in a reversible and controlled manner.
For a more comprehensive understanding of the topic, it is recommended to read the following chapter on your reference book:
Norris MC and R Saffary. (2015). General Anesthesia. In Barash PG et al (Ed). Clinical Anesthesia Fundamentals. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.
- Lecture on Introduction to General Anesthesia File
In this video, one of the Anesth 251 Course Coordinators of the UPCM Department of Anesthesiology, Dr Sy Su discuss the planning and conduct of General Anesthesia.
In this video, staff of the UPCM Department of Anesthesiology show the basic setup before the administration of general anesthesia.
Guedel's classification is a means of assessing the dept of general anesthesia that was introduced by Arthur Ernest Guedel in 1937. Since general anesthesia became first became widely used in 1846, John Snow and Francis Plomley attempted to describe various stages of general anesthesia in 1936, but Guedel's detailed system was generally accepted. Read the article to learn more.
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