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Here is some sample content from Anesthesia Awareness:

	DEFINITIONS: Anesthesia: For the purpose of this policy, anesthesia consists of general anesthesia and spinal or major regional anesthesia. It does not include local anesthesia. General anesthesia is a drug-induced loss of consciousness during which patients are not arousable, even by painful stimulation. The ability to independently maintain ventilatory function is often impaired. Patients often require assistance in maintaining a patent airway, and positive pressure ventilation may be required because of depressed spontaneous ventilation or drug-induced depression of neuromuscular...
Second excerpt:
	... ventilators and other related equipment will be assessed prior to the administration of anesthesia. All anesthesia equipment is on the preventive maintenance inventory rotation and will be thoroughly assessed by the Biomedical Engineering Department. Anesthesia monitoring techniques will be used effectively. Traditional monitoring devices cannot identify or prevent anesthesia awareness, but there are new technologies available that measure brain activity rather than physiological...