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ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACE 

The Anesthesia Consultant

Leonard “Bones” McCoy on the original Star Trek , who waved his fictional handheld “tricorder” tool over a patient to diagnose and treat the patient’s illness. How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? GENERAL ANESTHESIA General anesthesia has the advantages of a quick and reliable onset.

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WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

The Anesthesia Consultant

He preps the right side of the patient’s neck with Betadine iodine soap, and drapes the right neck with sterile towels. The ultrasound machine bounces soundwaves off the contents inside the neck, and generates a two-dimensional black and white image of the veins, arteries, muscles, and nerves found there.