Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Patient information
Bradford Teaching Hospitals' patient information leaflets
Royal College of Anaesthetists' patient information
Anaesthesia information series
- Anaesthesia information series
- Anaesthesia explained
- You and your anaesthetic
- Your spinal anaesthetic
- Epidural pain relief after surgery
- Your anaesthetic for major surgery
- Your anaesthetic for a broken hip
- Nerve blocks for surgery on shoulder, arm or hand
- Local anaesthesia for your eye operation
- Sedation explained
- Caring for someone who has had a general anaesthetic or sedation
Pain relief and anaesthesia choices for your baby's birth
Information for expectant parents – leaflets, videos and other resources available in multiple translations
Risks associated with your anaesthetic
- Feeling sick
- Sore throat
- Shivering
- Damage to lips, teeth or tongue
- Damage to the eye during general anaesthesia
- Post-operative chest infection
- Post-operative confusion
- Awareness during general anaesthesia
- Serious allergy during anaesthesia
- Headache after spinal or epidural anaesthesia
- Nerve damage associated with an operation under general anaesthesia
- Nerve damage associated with spinal or epidural injection
- Nerve damage associated with peripheral nerve block
- Equipment failure
- Death or brain damage
Information for children, carers and parents
