Obstetric Anesthesia
At the LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, a team of anesthesia providers covers the Labor and Delivery Suite 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and over 90% of our patients receive some form of pain medication during the first stage of labor.
Pain Relief for Labor and Delivery
The most effective form of pain relief during labor is a type of regional anesthesia known as epidural analgesia. Epidural analgesia means placing a local anesthetic in that space so that the anesthetic bathes the nerves on their way in and out of the spinal cord, thereby taking away the pain without harming the unborn child.About 90% of our expectant mothers choose epidural analgesia as their anesthetic.
Cesarean Section
In the vast majority of cesarean sections, a spinal anesthetic is performed in a few minutes with a very fine and relatively painless needle. The spinal anesthetic will make you totally analgesic (pain free) in a couple of minutes.You will feel some pushing and pulling during surgery but will have no pain. You will have the added advantage of being awake for your baby’s birth.
After a cesarean section, it is normal to experience post-operative pain. Morphine placed into the spinal space in the operating room, is the most commonly used method of analgesia which gives 12 to 24 hours of pain relief.
Pediatric Anesthesia
LAUMC-RH pediatric anesthesiologists provide care to infants and children undergoing surgery and requisite procedures at the medical center. These anesthesiologists are specifically trained in the care and special needs of the pediatric patients throughout the peri-operative period. The pediatric anesthesiologists have extensive experience is providing anesthesia for the full spectrum of pediatric surgical care, which ranges across a wide variety of surgical specialties.
Additionally, there is a wide range of non-surgical procedures performed at LAUMC which require the care of a pediatric anesthesiologist. Our goal for each and every patient is to provide not only a safe state of the art anesthetic, but to be compassionate, understanding physicians that help promote the well-being of all children requiring our care.