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ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACE 

The Anesthesia Consultant

How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? If an astronaut requires general anesthesia, one must assume the patient has a full stomach and is at risk for aspiration. Astronauts will be trained in the insertion of IV cannulae, and the sampling of blood for diagnostic tests.

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12 MEDICAL INACCURACIES IN FAMOUS MOVIE SCENES. AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST’S ANALYSIS

The Anesthesia Consultant

Then he injects her IV with a syringe of adrenaline, and leaves the vital signs monitor on. The vital signs monitor shows her heart rate suddenly change to zero as she dies. The vital signs monitor continues to emit a soft high-pitched tone, but there’s no one else around to hear it.

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THE TOP 20 DOCTORS IN THE HISTORY OF ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

William Morton (below) discovered ether anesthesia first. THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF ETHER AS A GENERAL ANESTHETIC. Dr. Morton performed the first public demonstration of general anesthesia at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital on October 16, 1846. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?