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Dr. Kirk Rossiter, M.D
Anesthesiologist
Dr. Kirk Rossiter is an anesthesiologist practicing in Slidell, LA. Dr. Rossiter ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Rossiter also might help manage pain after an operation.
20 years
Experience
Dr. Kirk Rossiter, M.D
- Slidell, LA
- Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
- Accepting new patients
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How does a local anesthetic work?
Local anesthetic work by blocking the transmission of pain signals at the affected nerves. Under normal circumstances sodium channels are blocked in the presence of a local anesthetic READ MORE
Local anesthetic work by blocking the transmission of pain signals at the affected nerves. Under normal circumstances sodium channels are blocked in the presence of a local anesthetic preventing the pain signal from traveling the pathway to the brain where the signal is interpreted as pain. Infected tissues are not amenable to local anesthetics due to the acidic nature of the affected tissue the local anesthetic cannot be properly absorbed by the nerve.
