Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Patient information

This page contains information for you and your carers about anaesthesia which we think might be helpful for you when you prepare for an anaesthetic and surgery. Much of this information is written by the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

A tour of ICU

Bradford Teaching Hospitals' patient information leaflets

Royal College of Anaesthetists' patient information

Please click on this link https://www.rcoa.ac.uk/patients/patient-information-resources/patient-information-leaflets-video-resources which provides you with really useful information leaflets on the following:

  • Common events and risks in anaesthesia
  • Preparing for surgery: Fitter Better Sooner
  • 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 the shoulder, arm or hand
  • Local anaesthesia for your eye operation
  • Sedation explained
  • Caring for someone who has had a general anaesthetic or sedation
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: feeling sick
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: sore throat
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: shivering
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: damage to teeth, lips and tongue
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: damage to the eye during general anaesthesia
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: postoperative chest infection
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: becoming confused after an operation
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: accidental awareness during general anaesthesia
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: serious allergy (anaphylaxis)
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: headache after a spinal or epidural injection
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: nerve damage associated with an operation under general anaesthetic
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: nerve damage associated with a spinal or epidural injection
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: nerve damage associated with peripheral nerve block
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: equipment failure
  • Risks associated with your anaesthetic: death or brain damage
  • Caring for someone who has had a general anaesthetic or sedation
  • General anaesthesia: a brief guide for young people
  • Davy the Detective: finding out about anaesthetics
  • You and your anaesthetic: a young person’s web guide
  • You and your anaesthetic: a young person’s web guide
  • Your child’s general anaesthetic
  • Rees Bear has an anaesthetic