Anesthesiology is the practice of blocking pain, discomfort or distress during surgery or an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. An anesthesiologist is specially trained to plan, monitor and administer pain relief before and during an operation, and assess the patient’s condition and recovery afterwards. This specialist consults with patients for pain management, such as cancer patients, and those with critical illnesses or severe injuries.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Anesthesia awareness and Malignant hyperthermia (MH).

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Relaxation, Homeostasis, and Analgesia.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Halothane Caffeine Contracture Test.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. Indiana has 933 practicing anesthesiologists. Broken out by city, anesthesiology doctor density in Anderson is 12, in Angola is 1, in Auburn is 20, in Batesville is 3, in Bedford is 1, in Beech Grove is 23, in Bloomington is 24, in Bluffton is 1, in Brook is 1, in Brownsburg is 1, in Camby is 1, in Campbellsburg is 1, in Carmel is 33, in Churubusco is 1, in Clarksville is 2, in Columbia City is 4, in Columbus is 12, in Connersville is 3, in Corydon is 2, in Crawfordsville is 1, in Crown Point is 16, in Danville is 4, in Dyer is 10, in Elkhart is 19, in Elwood is 2, in Evansville is 35, in Fishers is 46, in Floyds Knobs is 1, in Fort Wayne is 90, in Frankfort is 2, in Franklin is 3, in Gary is 4, in Goshen is 3, in Greencastle is 2, in Greenfield is 14, in Greensburg is 2, in Greenwood is 9, in Hammond is 18, in Highland is 5, in Hobart is 11, in Huntingburg is 1, in Huntington is 1, in Indianapolis is 329, in Jasper is 5, in Jeff is 9, in Jeffersonville is 15, in Kendallville is 3, in Knox is 3, in Kokomo is 15, in Lafayette is 26, in Lawrenceburg is 2, in Lebanon is 2, in Lexington is 1, in Logansport is 10, in Madison is 4, in Marion is 9, in Martinsville is 1, in Merrillville is 28, in Michigan City is 5, in Mishawaka is 3, in Monon is 1, in Monticello is 1, in Mooresville is 7, in Muncie is 32, in Munster is 28, in New Albany is 18, in New Castle is 2, in Newburgh is 19, in Noblesville is 27, in Peru is 1, in Plymouth is 4, in Princeton is 1, in Richmond is 9, in Rochester is 2, in Rushville is 1, in Schererville is 1, in Scottsburg is 1, in Sellersburg is 1, in Seymour is 5, in Shelbyville is 4, in South Bend is 48, in Sullivan is 1, in Terre Haute is 17, in Tipton is 5, in Valparaiso is 13, in Vincennes is 4, in Wabash is 3, in Warsaw is 9, in Washington is 1, in West Lafayette is 1, in West Terre Haute is 1, in Winchester is 2, in Yorktown is 1, and in Zionsville is 1.

Indiana’s population is 6,271,973, and most of the state’s population is located in the north, near the Lake Michigan shoreline, and is part of the greater metro Chicago area. Indiana became a state in 1816, and boasts many historical sites and covered bridges, numerous state parks and forests, hunting and fishing, and a variety of golf courses. Centrally located Indianapolis is home to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, hosting the world-famous 500-mile auto race every year. This capital and largest city of Indiana also hosts a Civil War museum, a planetarium, and the Indiana Historical Society, among many other attractions.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Indiana has a population of 6,271,973. Of this population, 1,566,280 are under the age of 18 and 774,303 are at or above the age of 65.