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A member asked:
Can you tell me how an anesthesiologist know how much anesthetic to give to someone who rushes in from a car crash or something and needs emergency surgery?
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Experience,: sometimes just a little Versed too much, patient needs to be asleep but maintain vital signs. Also many drugs now very short acting and bad effects can be minimized with other meds
Answered 6/10/2014
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