Alyssa Smith

Period 7

“Anesthesia Complications.” Anesthesia Complications - Before and After Surgery -

HealthCommunities.com, 3 Oct. 2001, www.healthcommunities.com/before-after-

surgery/complications-of-anesthesia.html.

 Anesthesia before the age of three can cause language disabilities

 Certain inhaling of anesthesia can cause malignant hyperthermia
 There have been cases where a man was paralyzed permanently and cause nerve damage
from the anesthesia
 Many people have headaches or feel nausea after 12-24 hours after the surgery and that
can stick with them for up to two weeks.
 Typically, the feeling of nausea for longer periods of time happens when you have a loss
of spinal fluid after the anesthesia.
 Local anesthesia carries a lower chance of risks unlike having general anesthesia
 Some patients tend to have very low blood pressure (hypotension)
 Patients can have issues urinating, but it is a temporary issue and can be fixed by using a
catheter
 With General Anesthesia patients have their entire body affected by the drugs, but it is
cleared up typically within 24 hours of surgery.
 Patients feel nauseous, cause sore throat, Headaches, damage to teeth and drowsiness.
 Risks are also taken in with the sex, gender, age, weight of the patients.
 Some serious risks are; death, brain damage, paralysis, and heart attacks.
 Anesthesia with the second highest risk of side effects is Regional Anesthesia
 General anesthesia has the highest chances of having side effects because it affects the
entire body.
 Some people may be allergic and have a reaction called malignant hyperthermia
 Can cause 110 degree fevers, can cause fast metabolism and affects the muscles.
 The disorder Malignant Hyperthermia is hereditary.
 May cause Hypoxia, respiratory depression and cardiovascular collapse

In this Article, it went into detail about a few types of anesthesia and about the risks associated
with each one and its outcomes.
 Alyssa Smith
Period 7

Suten, Carmen, and Taryn Taylor. “The Pediatric Airway and Rapid Sequence Intubation

in Trauma.” AHC Media - Continuing Medical Education Publishing, 1 Nov. 2017,

www.ahcmedia.com/articles/141562-the-pediatric-airway-and-rapid-sequenceintubation

in-trauma.

• A child’s airway is smaller than an adults in length and in width which can cause issues
visually.
• Kids who have injuries dealing with spine, head, face or neck have a harder tube to get a
good visual of
• The child’s airway is divided into three sets; “the supraglottic segment, the glottic
segment, and the intrathoracic segment.”
• An infants airway gets more narrow
• Kids should be pre-oxygenated before intubation with 100% flow of oxygenation before
the procedure
• The Pediatric airway gets more narrow the further down you go
• Less oxygen results in a higher chance of hypoxia
• Oxygen mask and bag is extremely important in the airway
• Pediatrics are harder to cooperate with so it is harder to determine airway
complications
• Losing teeth can cause air complications
• There are four stages of ex-tubating
• During Pediatric surgeries you have to watch the monitors more closely
• Ketamine with dosage is every 45- 60 seconds with IV
• The kids have a different sized oxygen mask than adult patients

This article was very informative about the child's esophagus and was can help me talk about
what all happens during intubating
 Alyssa Smith
Period 7

Rull, Gurvinder. “Airways and Intubation. Oral Intubation Information.

Patient.” Patient.info, Patient.info, 11 Feb. 2016,

patient.info/doctor/airways-and-intubation.

 Acute respiratory failure

 If there is traction between the laryngoscope it can cause a tear in the trachea
 If there is blunt trauma to the larynx it may cause a fracture
 If there is trauma in the upper airway may also need a laryngoscopy
 If there is trauma use support oxygenation and ventilation
 Endotracheal intubation is used when they put a trachea in and unconscious patients airway
 Delivers the anesthesia through the tube
 Better oxygenation
 Can suction
 The Laryngeal Mask Airway is commonly used for more than 50% of patients
 It creates a low-pressure seal with the tube and the trachea without affecting the larynx.
 If the patient has more trauma to the neck it makes intubating more difficult for the patient and
the doctor.
 If the anesthesia isn’t given properly due to the tube not being placed right because the patient
has a difficult airway, they will consider an awake intubation.
 The Absolute Contra-indications is an intubation will cause patients immobility in their mouth
and are used during airway obstruction
 Monitor the patient closely on the Pulse, Cardiac monitor and the BP gauge.
 Always double check the suctioning pressure
 Always look for if there was any sort of impairment
 Make sure there is still neck mobility
 Check for MOANS “Mask seal, Obstruction, age, check if they have teen and if they have stiff
lungs.”
 Always have a backup plan and have any propofol, gas masks, and other drugs used.
 Intubation should not be longer than 30 seconds to one minute
 Tracheal intubation can cause post intubation pneumonia

In this article, it went into depth about how to intubate and the procedure of intubating.