Anesthesia services include:

• General anesthesia: When it is important for you to be unconscious during a procedure, general anesthesia is used to sedate you for the duration of the procedure so you feel no pain and remain in a relaxed position. An anesthesiologist will wake you gradually when it is safe to do so and stay with you throughout the time you are sedated to monitor you closely.
• Regional anesthesia: Sometimes you need a specific region of your body to be numb during a procedure. For example, spinal anesthesia, often called a spinal epidural, is used to numb patients from the waist down during childbirth.
• Critical care anesthesia: If you have a life-threatening condition, critical care anesthesia may be used to keep you sedated and pain-free as your body recovers from surgery or trauma.
• Chronic pain management: Some conditions or injuries can leave you with pain that will not go away. This pain may be treated with medications, or anesthesia may be used to block a nerve that is sending the pain signal to your brain. A combination of treatments may also be used.