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THE TWO LAWS OF ANESTHESIA (ACCORDING TO SURGEONS)

The Anesthesia Consultant

There are Two Laws of Anesthesia, according to surgeon lore. Surgeons work with physician anesthesiologists, with certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), or with an anesthesia care team that includes both physician anesthesiologists and CRNAs. Anesthesiologists typically spend 90+% of their working hours in the operating room.

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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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BRAIN TRANSPLANTATION?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Once the new brain is inserted into the skull base, there is no longer any room to utilize needles and suture to sew the arteries and veins back together. Canaveros describes alternative means of reconnecting vascular structures without sutures. above, the traditional reconnection of severed nerves with suture is not feasible.

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How Plastic Surgeons in MD, DC, and Virginia Benefit from Using Platinum Medical Staffing for Temporary Surgical Assistants

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

The Crucial Role of Surgical Assistants in Plastic Surgery Surgical assistants are indispensable in the operating room, handling tasks that are critical to the success of any procedure. Intraoperative Assistance: Passing instruments to the surgeon, maintaining the sterile field, and assisting with tissue retraction and suturing.

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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON BLOODY CESAREAN SECTION: A DOCTOR’S PERSPECTIVE

The Anesthesia Consultant

It’s a fact that cutting a child out from his mother’s womb was a death sentence for the mother in an era prior to the discovery of anesthesia and prior to the discovery of surgical techniques to control bleeding and infection. In emergency circumstances, general anesthesia may be required for Cesarean section.

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THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DOCTOR VITA BY RICK NOVAK

The Anesthesia Consultant

Chapter 1 THE BRICKLAYER Alec Lucas’s first contact with FutureCare came in operating room #19 at the University of Silicon Valley Medical Center, where his patient Elizabeth Anderson blinked into the twin suns of the surgical lights hanging from the ceiling. The blood’s oozing and leaking everywhere I place a suture.”

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Knowing Me, Knowing You: Can We Proxy Surgical Team Familiarity?

Incision

Benefits of Familiarity In the operating room (OR), a core multidisciplinary team is responsible for the delivery of each procedure, working together on a shift-based and/or specialty-based rota. Multiple disciplines are incorporated, including surgery, perioperative nursing, surgical technology, and anesthesia.