How does anesthesia work? - Steven Zheng
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When under anesthesia, you can’t move, form memories, or — hopefully —
feel pain. And while it might just seem like you are asleep for that
time, you actually aren’t. What’s going on? Steven Zheng explains what
we know about the science behind anesthesia.
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Technology has progressed very rapidly these past few decades, and this includes medicine. Can you think of anything that will become the standard of medical practice in the next 10 years? For example, doctors using computers to write notes on patients instead of writing them by hand.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Steven Zheng
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Producer Zedem Media
- Director Michael Kalopaidis
- Artist Jeanne Bornet
- Sound Designer Andreas Trachonitis
- Animator Maria Savva
- Intern Andria Pourouti
- Narrator Addison Anderson
