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Anaesthetics patient information leaflets

Anaesthetics patient information leaflets

We produce a wide range of leaflets which provide information about our services and about the treatment you might receive in our clinics or during your stay in hospital. 

We also produce these in different formats including large print, please contact the department you are visiting for more information.

 

You and your anaesthetic

Your spinal anaesthetic

Anaesthetic choices for hip or knee replacement

Local anaesthesia for your eye operation

Your anaesthetic for major surgery with planned high dependency or intensive care afterwards

Peripheral nerve blocks

Sedation explained

Caring for someone recovering from a general anaesthetic or sedation

Anaesthesia and your weight

Your anaesthetic for vascular surgery

Your airway and breathing during anaesthesia

 

Paediatrics leaflets

Information for teenage girls having treatment, procedure or surgery

Eastern services

Anaesthesia and painkillers in breastfeeding mothers

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Contraception advice following the administration of Sugammadex

Guidelines for Parents Visiting the Recovery Room

 

Paediatrics leaflets

Guidelines for Parents Visiting the Recovery Room

Your Child's Colonoscopy

Your Child's Gastroscopy

Your Child's General Anaesthetic

Northern services

Nerve block for surgery on shoulder, arm or hand (peripheral nerve blocks)

 

 

Royal College of Anaesthetists patient information leaflets & video resources

Get in contact

Northern services

Main switchboard on 01271 322577

Eastern services

We can be contacted via the main hospital switchboard on 01392 411611

Last updated: October 29, 2025*



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    Barrack Road, Exeter,
    EX2 5DW
    Tel: 01392 411611
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    Raleigh Park, Barnstaple,
    EX31 4JB
    Tel: 01271 322577
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