# The universal anesthesia machine

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMidAtlantic
- Speaker: Erica Frenkel
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/erica_frenkel_the_universal_anesthesia_machine)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if you're in surgery and the power goes out? No lights, no oxygen -- and your anesthesia stops flowing. It happens constantly in hospitals throughout the world, turning routine procedures into tragedies. Erica Frenkel demos one solution: the universal anesthesia machine.

## Lectures

1. [The universal anesthesia machine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/erica_frenkel_the_universal_anesthesia_machine/554d7ac4134f), 12 min (TED's player)