Young Person's Web Guide

Information to help teenagers and young people prepare for an anaesthetic

These pages give basic information to help you prepare for your anaesthetic. They have been written by patients, patient representatives and anaesthetists, working in partnership.  They are part of a series of information resources which includes:

• Davy the detective: Finding out about anaesthetics
• Rees Bear has an anaesthetic
• General anaesthesia: a brief guide for young people
• Anaesthesia explained (a more detailed booklet)
• Epidurals pain relief after surgery
• Your spinal anaesthetic
• Headache after an epidural or spinal anaesthetic
• Your child's general anaesthetic
• Risks associated with having an anaesthetic 

Please click the links below to begin.