Overview
The anesthesia staff at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provides anesthesia, pain management, organ protection and life support services related to surgery, radiology, and other medical situations for pregnant mothers and the fetus, neonates, infants, children and young adults. Our staff also educates other professionals interested in the specialty and conducts research to discover the scientific underpinning of our specialty and to improve the outcome of our patients.
The Department contains of three divisions:
Each division is composed of uniquely qualified staff to provide these services. Anesthesia is often called a "strange sleep", a condition in which sensation (pain), memory and consciousness are absent while vital signs are present. After a complete evaluation, the anesthesiologist administers medications and provides life support to make the surgery, radiological and medical procedure safe and recovery as comfortable as possible. For post-surgical or other types of severe pain, the pain management physician diagnoses and prescribes appropriate treatments to relieve the pain. For spine and neurosurgery, the neurophysiologist uses special equipment to monitor the brain, spinal cord and nerves to prevent their injury during surgery.
