Sometimes along with local anesthesia, medicine is given to help you relax. The medicine is given through your IV line and you are monitored by a registered nurse. This is similar to local anesthesia with conscious sedation, except the amount of sedation given may be greater. This type of medication is given by a member of the department of anesthesia. This is when anesthesia is given near a nerve so that an entire area of the body becomes numb.
General anesthesia is given by a member of the department of anesthesia.