Anesthesia administration outside OT

For medical and veterinary applications, a regulated, brief loss of feeling or consciousness is called anesthesia. It might involve any, all, or none of the following: analgesia (pain alleviation or prevention), paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of recollection), and unconsciousness. Anesthetized refers to an animal that is under the influence of anesthetic medications.

Anesthesia makes it possible to conduct surgeries on animals without causing them severe or excruciating pain, or that would otherwise be technically impossible. There are three major types of anesthesia:

Using either injected or inhaled medications, general anesthesia inhibits central nervous system activity and causes unconsciousness and complete loss of feeling.

A reduced degree of central nervous system suppression during sedation prevents unconsciousness while also limiting the formation of long-term memories and anxiety.

Blocking the transmission of nerve impulses from a particular area of the body, regional and local anaesthesia This can be employed either alone (in which case the animal is completely awake) or in conjunction with general anaesthesia or sedation, depending on the circumstance. Peripheral nerves can be specifically targeted by medications to anesthetize a single body component, such as a tooth for dental operations or an entire leg with a nerve block. As an alternative, spinal and epidural anesthesia can be applied directly to the central nervous system, blocking all incoming feelings from the nerves feeding the block site.