Uses of Anesthetic Machines

Uses of Anesthetic Machines

Anesthetic machines are used in clinical laboratories, dentists and especially hospitals. They are mainly used by anesthesiologists to support anesthesia. Anesthesia is normally used to reduce or control pain during surgery. Anesthesia can be used to control bleeding, blood pressure and heart rate. It is drug induced or creating state of numbness in certain part of body by making it unconscious.

Specifications:

Anesthesia machines come with certain specifications which the hospitals have to follow. They are:

• It is a tubular shaped.
• It contains spacious drawers for accessories related to anesthesia.
• There is an extended platform situated at the rear end which can accommodate two 10 litre water capacity cylinder.
• It contains emergency oxygen flush valve at table level which is equipped to give 35 – 60 litres per min for emergencies.
• It has wipe clean stainless steel cup.
• The top tray is located at eye level which helps to keep monitoring equipment.
• There are high efficiency two regulators for reliability – one each for Oxygen and Nitrous Oxide.
• There is hook for a breathing circuit.
• It contains 60 psl outlet for driving ventilator.
• In case of emergencies, there is emergency oxygen flush valve at table level to give 35-60 litres per minute.
• For easy maneuvering, anesthetic machines have large roller bearings, antistatic castors and breaks.

Uses of Anesthetic Machines

Anesthetic machines consists 3 different pressure system namely – High pressure system, Intermediate pressure system and low pressure system. Anesthesia machines are life savers, while doing surgical procedures. Anesthesia machines are very integral part of any surgery as they provide continuous flow of medical gases that are necessary, like oxygen and nitrous oxide.

Anesthesia is administered orally by breathing or intravenous or by machine. Anesthesia machine consists of vapourisers, ventilators, flowmeters, breathing circuits and scavenging systems. The vaporisers in Anesthesia machines keep patients hydrated, sedated by inhaling and breathing gases like oxygen and nitrous oxide. The anesthesiologist is the person who can control the amount of sedation required through vaporizer which mixes the gases. The ventilators in the anesthesia machines help the patient to breathe while being sedated. The ventilators also help to regularize the blood flow and levels. Nowadays, new technology ventilators are equipped with multiple settings that can help to regulate breathing patterns according to the age of the patients.

Flow meters helps to control the gases like oxygen and nitrous oxide. Again as technology evolves, new machines come with low flow technology which can help to maintain patient’s core temperature simultaneously. As the name suggests, breathing circuits helps the patients to breathe easily as it sends gases into the lungs and exhales CO2 by - product. Finally the scavenging system brings out the gases which the patient exhales from his lungs.

Types of Anesthesia

In total, there are 4 types of anesthesia – Local, Regional, general and dissociative anesthesia. Local anesthesia is confined to one small body part. Regional refers to reducing pain to a larger part of the body. General anesthesia is used for performing large surgeries. And dissociative anesthesia is mostly related to the brain.

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