Health And Social Care - Different Areas of Medicine.
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Rachel Simpson 12B Health And Social Care Doctors Different Areas of Medicine: SURGERY Surgeons/Surgery Surgeons specialise in operating on particular parts of the body or to address specific injuries, diseases or degenerative conditions. Advances in anaesthetics enable surgeons to perform long and complex operations, while innovation in areas such as keyhole surgery mean that less invasive techniques are also being developed. ANAESTHETICS Anaesthetic - Intensive Care Huge advances in the science and techniques of anaesthesia have been instrumental in enabling some of the long and complex surgical procedures which are now commonplace. Anaesthetists are essential members of the surgical team, and are also involved in developing treatments to relieve chronic pain and offer intensive care support to very sick patients. Anaesthetics - intensive care Anaesthesia is not just about putting patients to sleep! It is about total patient care. It is an acute medical specialty, which combines an in-depth understanding of applied physiology and pharmacology with the...


