What are the risks and hazards of anesthesia?
Our experience with the administration of this type of anesthesia dates back to when we first started using it in training, and we have over thirty years experience with surgery and local anesthesia. In over 20,000 patients with this type of anesthesia, we have had no serious ill effects. This does not mean that we will not ever have any serious complications. Anyone can have a heart attack at any time. This possibility is very real, as many of our patients are in the age range when heart attacks are common, whether surgery is conducted or not. The medicines needed for an emergency are always available. They are those that will counteract the anesthetic medicines, and those that are needed for resuscitation of the person who has had an emergency such as a heart attack. These medicines and the equipment required are widely known and standardized by the American Heart Association in the instruction courses they teach called Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). To be sure that we are cur
