GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ANAESTHESIA

Your anaesthetic is designed to keep you comfortable, safe, and free of pain during your operation or procedure so that the operation is as easy and beneficial as possible for both you and your surgeon.

The choice of anaesthetic type depends on the nature of your surgery, your general health status, and your own personal preference.

Your anaesthesiologist will offer you the best anaesthetic suited to your wishes and circumstances, as long as it places you at the lowest risk possible.

THE ANAESTHETIST BEHIND THE MASK

Anaesthesiology in South Africa | SASA

HOW DOES ANAESTHESIA WORK?

Steven Zheng

LEAFLETS ON ANAESTHESIA

Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Anaesthesia

Epidural Information Sheet / Epidural Inligtingstuk

Lower Limb Block Information Sheet / Onderste Ledemaat Blok Inligtingstuk

Upper Limb Block Information Sheet / Boonste Ledemaat – Blok Inligtingstuk

FOR CHILDREN

PACSA – General Anaesthetic (English, French, isiZulu, isiXhosa,

seSotho, seTswana, siSwati)

PACSA – Neurotoxicity – (English, French, isiZulu, isiXhosa,

seSotho, seTswana, siSwati)

Caudal Block – (English, French, isiZulu, isiXhosa, seSotho,

seTswana, siSwati)

QUERIES

Should you have queries about the anaesthetic service provided to you, including billing and coding queries, please contact the SASA Office a sasa@sasaweb.com. We will then contact those best placed to answer your query and revert with an answer.