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WHO WILL BE PROVIDING ANESTHESIA CARE 10 YEARS FROM NOW?

The Anesthesia Consultant

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. If the current trend of inadequate numbers of anesthesia clinicians in the United States is not reversed, this insufficient supply will be a major problem. of the population).

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EXTUBATION IS RISKY BUSINESS. WHY THE CONCLUSION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA CAN BE A CRITICAL EVENT

The Anesthesia Consultant

The most invasive type of airway tube used in anesthesia is called an endotracheal tube, or ET tube. At the onset of general anesthesia anesthesiologists place an ET tube through the mouth, past the larynx (voice box), and into the trachea (windpipe). If the patient has an ET tube, it is usually removed.

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THE ANESTHESIA CONTROL TOWER: BIG BROTHER OR FRIEND?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Your patient is in mid-surgery, and you receive a call from the Anesthesia Control Tower that the patient’s blood pressure is too low, your blood transfusion replacement is inadequate, and that the patient is in danger. Louis, Missouri are studying a novel system they call the Anesthesia Control Tower (ACT). What do you do?

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WILL CRNAs REPLACE MD ANESTHESIOLOGISTS?

The Anesthesia Consultant

On March 28, 2021 the anesthesia world in the United States was rocked by the headline: “ Wisconsin Hospital Replaces All Anesthesiologists With CRNAs. “ The medical center previously had an anesthesia staff that included both MDs and CRNAs (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists). (He In a word, no. No, they are not.

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NURSE ANESTHESIOLOGY?

The Anesthesia Consultant

At times, physician anesthesiologists employ certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to assist them in what is called the anesthesia care team (ACT) model. In this model, an MD anesthesiologist supervises up to four CRNAs who work in up to four different operating rooms simultaneously. Are CRNAs and anesthesiologists equals?

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HOW THE INTERNET CHANGED ANESTHESIOLOGY FOREVER

The Anesthesia Consultant

Anesthesia is a hands-on specialty. Anesthesia is said to be “99% boredom and 15 panic,” because 99% of the time patients are stable, yet 1% of the time, especially at the beginning and the end of anesthetics, urgent or emergency circumstances could threaten the life of the patient. Love it or hate it, the EMR is here to stay.

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THE ART OF ANESTHESIA—A NEW TEXTBOOK, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

The Anesthesia Consultant

In the anesthesia world that book is now available, and it’s called Practical Anesthetic Management—The Art of Anesthesiology, authored by C. link] Their book contains a series of chapters designed to teach the anesthesia professional how to perform our craft at a higher level. Philip Larson and Richard Jaffe.