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LEARJET ANESTHESIA – THE EARLY DAYS OF HEART TRANSPLANTATION

The Anesthesia Consultant

Learjet anesthesia? Yes, anesthesia can be a glamorous specialty. Norman Shumway MD PhD, a Stanford surgical professor and legend, invented the heart transplantation procedure and performed the first heart transplant in the USA on January 6, 1968 in operating room 13 of Stanford University Hospital.

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WHEN INTERNS AND RESIDENTS UNIONIZE

The Anesthesia Consultant

The UCSF residents stated, “By joining CIR, UCSF residents will be able to negotiate their contracts for the first time, including bargaining for better salaries, benefits, time off, and other provisions that will improve resident life and well-being.” A total of over 20,000 residents and fellows at hospitals around the U.S.

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Knowing Me, Knowing You: What Can We Learn From Familiar Surgical Teams?

Incision

Surgical care is the product of numerous interprofessional interactions, reflected in several key multidisciplinary teams. a non-dedicated team) was shown to reduce total anesthesia time by 30 minutes , with significantly fewer delays related to setting up equipment [ 9 ]. vs 10.0%), longer operative times, and a longer hospital stay.

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SERIALIZATION OF THE DOCTOR AND MR. DYLAN… CHAPTER TWO

The Anesthesia Consultant

I stood near my patient’s feet in an anesthesia cockpit surrounded by two ventilator hoses, three intravenous lines, and four computer monitor screens. The kid had no insight into what I did minute-to-minute in the hospital. Judith Chang turned her back on the operating room table, and peeled off her surgical gloves.