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This is what you'd hear in surgery if Dr. Alopi Patel was your anesthesiologist. When she puts patients under, she tries to explain everything as it happens so patients know what to expect.

This is what you'd hear in surgery if Dr. Alopi Patel was your anesthesiologist. When she puts patients under, she tries to explain everything as it happens so patients know what to expect.

This is what you'd hear in surgery if Dr. Alopi Patel was your anesthesiologist. When she puts patients under, she tries to explain everything as it happens so patients know what to expect.

She'll put on your favorite music and continue this guided vacation imagery meant to put you as the patient into a relaxed state.

She'll put on your favorite music and continue this guided vacation imagery meant to put you as the patient into a relaxed state.

She'll put on your favorite music and continue this guided vacation imagery meant to put you as the patient into a relaxed state.

Yeah, margarita. Salt or no salt? Margarita on the rocks. Salt. What type of flavor? Alopi then begins a process called induction, using medication to induce a state of unconsciousness.

Yeah, margarita. Salt or no salt? Margarita on the rocks. Salt. What type of flavor? Alopi then begins a process called induction, using medication to induce a state of unconsciousness.

Yeah, margarita. Salt or no salt? Margarita on the rocks. Salt. What type of flavor? Alopi then begins a process called induction, using medication to induce a state of unconsciousness.

Mostly because of the cocktail of anesthetics, delivered through IV or inhaled as gases. But Elopi says there is tremendous power, too, in her words. She calls this part of her job verbal anesthesia.

Mostly because of the cocktail of anesthetics, delivered through IV or inhaled as gases. But Elopi says there is tremendous power, too, in her words. She calls this part of her job verbal anesthesia.

Mostly because of the cocktail of anesthetics, delivered through IV or inhaled as gases. But Elopi says there is tremendous power, too, in her words. She calls this part of her job verbal anesthesia.

Anesthesia literally means without sensation or feeling. But different types of anesthesia can do different things. General anesthesia involves losing consciousness. You often have a breathing device during those procedures. Sedation is anesthesia where you can breathe on your own.

Anesthesia literally means without sensation or feeling. But different types of anesthesia can do different things. General anesthesia involves losing consciousness. You often have a breathing device during those procedures. Sedation is anesthesia where you can breathe on your own.

Anesthesia literally means without sensation or feeling. But different types of anesthesia can do different things. General anesthesia involves losing consciousness. You often have a breathing device during those procedures. Sedation is anesthesia where you can breathe on your own.

And regional anesthesia is when one part of the body gets numb, like a leg or an arm, while local anesthesia is just numbing in one specific area. And all of that can be done with different medications. Elopi describes the operating room as her kitchen.

And regional anesthesia is when one part of the body gets numb, like a leg or an arm, while local anesthesia is just numbing in one specific area. And all of that can be done with different medications. Elopi describes the operating room as her kitchen.

And regional anesthesia is when one part of the body gets numb, like a leg or an arm, while local anesthesia is just numbing in one specific area. And all of that can be done with different medications. Elopi describes the operating room as her kitchen.