In order to relieve the patient’s pain, anesthesia, whether local anesthesia, nerve block or general anesthesia, must be implemented when doing surgery. But how much do people know about anesthesia? 1, the role of anesthesiologists There was a preparation for cesarean section of pregnant women were pushed into the operating room in an emergency, at this time the contractions have begun, the patient is very painful, the mouth kept shouting: “My anesthesiologist, quickly give me a general anesthesia.” (The patient is a graduate of the School of Public Health of the Medical College.) Most people may vaguely know how the surgery is performed before the surgery, but they do not know what kind of anesthesia will be administered, and some patients, and even some surgeons, think that after the anesthesia is administered, the anesthesiologist doesn’t have to do anything, and in fact there is a considerable misunderstanding. In the case of this cesarean section, I later administered epidural anesthesia, and the pregnant woman’s pain was relieved and the procedure was completed quietly and painlessly. It’s not that general anesthesia can’t be done, but the choice of epidural anesthesia can meet the needs of the surgery as well as being the best for the safety of the mother and baby. I would like to say that the anesthesiologist will decide the type of anesthesia according to the mode and type of surgery, just like the pilot, in the process of flight, take off, landing, safe arrival, you can not understand what they do, but it is an important part of maintaining your life. 2.How is general anesthesia administered? A patient ready to perform surgery under general anesthesia into the operating room was very nervous, the nurse for his injection when afraid of pain, asked can not give me anesthesia before the injection ah? …… Can you believe it? Most patients know nothing about anesthesia. Simply put, general anesthesia before the first need for nurses to inject an intravenous needle, and then anesthesiologists through the vein into the drug to make the patient “sleep”, general anesthesia, but also according to the need to continue to give a certain dose of intravenous or inhalation drugs to keep the patient painless and unconscious without body movement. Of course, uncooperative children can also use inhalation anesthetics to make them unconscious, and then establish intravenous access to give drugs and rehydration. After administering the medication, the anesthesiologist will also use a visual laryngoscope or special instrument to insert an endotracheal tube through the mouth into the trachea, connecting it to the anesthesia machine for mechanical ventilation to maintain oxygen supply. With this maneuver, teeth or the airway may be damaged. Sometimes also need to carry out a variety of special operations to monitor the patient’s indicators, give the necessary medication to maintain the “flight” smooth. 3, general anesthesia on the brain? There are children to do anesthesia, parents ask the most questions is whether it will have an impact on the brain, I have to say that, of course, anesthesia drugs will act on the brain to make it unconscious, but all the anesthesia drug manuals and textbooks do not tell us that it will affect the intelligence, and anesthesia drugs metabolism is quite fast, the patient will immediately wake up after stopping the drug after the operation. It is strange that if people doubt that just one surgery and medication can affect the brain, they should be more concerned about food additives, pollution of building materials, and other issues that can cause serious health damage and are closely related to every day life. A seventy-year-old senior in the department told his story that many years ago general anesthesia was administered through inhalation anesthetics, and there were no anesthesia machines at that time, because inhalation anesthetics were dispersed in the air, and sometimes when the patient was anesthetized, he was anesthetized as well……. He has been exposed to anesthetics for decades, and his health is fine. This may still not eliminate the parents’ concerns, just to provide a not standard correct answer. 4.Do I need to go to the pillow and lie flat after surgery? When can I eat? After surgery we send the patient back to the ward, handover nurses always explain to the family: 6 hours do not eat, do not drink, do not pillow pillow, lying flat …… Why? I do not know, from the beginning of the teacher is so taught. Some people say, go pillow lying down can avoid the tongue root falling back, reduce airway obstruction, some people say, postoperative hypotension, lying down on the cerebral perfusion is beneficial, some people say, lying down can reduce the vomiting after the wrong inhalation, which are not reasonable. Brachial plexus anesthesia, epidural anesthesia or general anesthesia postoperative patients can pillow pillow or rock the head of the bed high, unless the anesthesiologist specifically stressed, or go to the pillow flat lying is not necessary. Make the patient uncomfortable. Depending on the type of surgery and the type of anesthesia, the time of eating can vary, and you can consult with the anesthesiologist for the exact time, and do not blindly fast for 6 hours. There are many other problems, intensive work makes anesthesiologists have no time to take good care of the patient’s anxiety and spiritual feelings, most of them also don’t understand what anesthesia is, what anesthesiologist’s job is, don’t understand our importance, and even don’t even think that we are his doctor at all, it’s very helpless, and it’s very difficult for us to build up a trusting relationship with each other in a short period of time. I hope you can find some answers to your questions from above.