What is 'anesthesiology'?

What is 'anesthesiology'?

Samuel Seelig (Anesthesiologist, Los Angeles, California) gives expert video advice on: What is an 'anesthesiologist'?; What happens immediately after surgery? and more...

Anaesthesiology is a branch of medicine that deals with anesthesia and anaesthetics. It is both an art and a science. The science involves the physiology of the human being, it involves the anatomy of the human being, and it involves the farmical kinetics and the farmical dynamics of the anesthetic agents that are used. The art involves developing an intense short lived relationship with the patient in that you have to calm them when you meet them in the pre-operative area. You have to bring them to surgery and be vigilant all during the surgical procedure and then you have to safely bring them into the recovery room awake, responsive and stable.