The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 31, 2015

An anesthesia emergency occurs without warning. You need the ultimate anesthesia emergency guidebook. That ultimate guidebook is the S tanford Emergency Manual of Cognitive Aids for Perioperative Critical Events S , written by the Stanford Anesthesia Cognitive Aid Group. Your patient’s vital signs are dropping.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 6, 2023

This column will help you find the top 10 anesthesia journals. There are multiple fine journals in our specialty, but in my opinion the top 10 periodical anesthesia publications for clinical information follow below. Note that 2 of the top 4 publications did not even exist when I began my anesthesia training in 1984.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2020

The report recommended that instead of blaming individuals, to instead prevent future errors by designing safety into the system. Some reports reveal only minor issues such as prolonged post-operative nausea and vomiting, or a prolonged Post Anesthesia Care Unit stay. Some Adverse Events reports are more significant than others.

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Radius Anesthesia

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Like midazolam (a common anesthetic adjunct), remimazolam is a benzodiazepine and operates by modulating γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor activity to induce cell membrane hyperpolarization, thereby inhibiting neural activity via an increase in chloride ion influx (2). Safety, efficacy, and basic pharmacokinetics. hrs and 3.62

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Operating Room (OR) nurses, also known as perioperative nurses, play an essential role in surgeries. They are responsible for maintaining a sterile environment, assisting surgeons, and ensuring patient safety throughout the surgical process. What Does an OR Nurse Do?

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Somnia

MAY 31, 2024

Anesthesia departments are crucial to the success of operating rooms (ORs). Ensuring your anesthesia team excels in both areas is vital. Here are five warning signs that your anesthesia team might be underperforming: 1. Here are five warning signs that your anesthesia team might be underperforming: 1.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2020

The February 2020 edition of Anesthesiology , our specialty’s preeminent journal, published an article on robotic anesthesia. 1 The accompanying editorial by Dr. Thomas Hemmerling was titled “Robots Will Perform Anesthesia in the Near Future. ” robotic) anesthesia is at least as good as the best human anesthesia.

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Ed Mariano

MAY 29, 2023

Annual meeting Vice-Chair Dr. Engy Said put together a fantastic point-of-care ultrasound and regional anesthesia workshop on Thursday. We had great talks on patient safety and communications, diversity and inclusion, pain management, and regional anesthesia. I think this meeting achieved all of these objectives!

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

JUNE 4, 2024

The reasons for low OR utilization rates are multifactorial, yet they often trace back to ineffective pre-anesthesia testing processes. Ineffective pre-anesthesia testing can cause medical errors and put patients in great danger. So, what can your organization do to improve the pre-anesthesia testing process?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 28, 2024

Primary Consultant Anesthesiologist The “Preoperative Evaluation” chapter in our Bible, Miller’s Anesthesia , is 80 pages long—one of the longest chapters in the book. It’s almost June, and hundreds of anesthesia residents are about to graduate from residency programs. Read on and I’ll explain why. His clinic resulted in 87.9%

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Clemson

MAY 30, 2022

The Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-Centered Design in the Operating Room (RIPCHD.OR) learning lab uses a socio-technical approach incorporating human factors engineering and evidence-based design principles to create an optimal ergonomically sound operating room that results in improved patient and staff safety.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 4, 2022

How soon will we see robotic anesthesia in our hospitals and surgery centers? But what’s new in anesthesia the last 30 years? Ten years ago, when I asked him what new anesthesia drugs were in the pipeline, he answered, “None, and there probably will be very few new ones. Is the same true for anesthesia devices?

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

JANUARY 8, 2024

Many factors affect the operating room (OR) and surgery success, ranging from patient-related factors to resource-related factors to even clinician-related factors. In the operating room (OR), teamwork is crucial for ensuring patient safety. Assessment of Stress and Teamwork in the Operating Room: An Exploratory Study.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

One goal of theanesthesiaconsultant.com is to make the practice of anesthesia safer. The practice of anesthesia on healthy patients is quite safe, but we want to do everything we can to avoid preventable errors. The safety of anesthesia on ASA I and II patients has been compared to the safety record of commercial aviation.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 18, 2019

Data exists that intravenous caffeine may be effective in assisting the awakening of patients following general anesthesia. The safety of caffeine has been well established, and the energy drink market is expected to reach 83.4 I tried it on several of my patients who had prolonged awakening after general anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Imagine this scenario: You’ve just finished anesthetizing a patient in a hospital setting, and the patient now requires transport from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). This is a reasonable policy, but what if anesthesia patient transport to the PACU lasts 4 minutes and 59 seconds (i.e.

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 28, 2024

Awareness during anesthesia is a rare but profoundly distressing condition that can occur when a patient becomes conscious during surgery and has recall of their surroundings or events related to the operation. One of the most effective methods for preventing awareness is the careful monitoring of depth of anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

An anesthesia colleague wrote to me several months ago, asking for my recommendations for achieving smooth emergence. In each of these surgeries, the surgeon has an intense interest in a gentle anesthesia wake-up, free of coughing, bucking, or hypertension. His question prompted me to write this column. to 25 μg/kg/hr.”

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Somnia

MAY 1, 2024

However, when it comes to anesthesia management, Somnia proposes expanding this framework to encompass two additional Rs: the right provider and the right cost. The Right Care The foundation of effective anesthesia care lies in meticulous patient preparation before surgery.

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Luke’s Health System, Robert Eisenberg, RN, MBA, CASC, Senior Vice President, ASC Practice Leader, Sullivan Healthcare Consulting, Nicole Brown, Chief Operating Officer Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, St. Luke’s wanted the surgery center to run with the operational mentality of an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Because the spaceship is more than 200 days away from Earth, the physicians instruct the crew to proceed with surgery and anesthesia in outer space. How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? Protocols regarding how to accomplish anesthesia in outer space exist in the medical literature.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 2, 2021

How long will the anesthesia last?” The query “How long does general anesthesia last?” Intravenous anesthesia is well discussed in the textbook Miller’s Anesthesia , Ninth Edition , Chapter 23. Inhalational anesthesia is well discussed in the textbook Miller’s Anesthesia , Ninth Edition , Chapter 20.

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MEDITEK

JANUARY 26, 2022

With so many options for premium operating tables, you may find it challenging to select a surgical table for your hospital. However, the operating tables market is growing and will reach US $1,043.41 With this forecasted growth rate, you need to know how to quickly find the best surgical tables for your operating room (OR).

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) nurses are the unsung heroes of surgery centers. Their critical role begins as soon as patients leave the operating room and continues until they are stable enough to recover at home or in a hospital room. Their role in maintaining the flow of operations cannot be overstated.

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

MARCH 4, 2024

Simnotrelvir operates by blocking the activity of an enzyme of the Covid-19 virus, which is essential for its replication. While patients with immune, hepatic, or renal concerns should take caution when using Paxlovid, this drug is overall effective and has a reassuring safety profile (Islam et al., References Liu, Jiao et al.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

Anesthesia is a hands-on specialty. Anesthesiologists could chat with the surgeons and/or nurses, make an occasional phone call, and at times read materials they brought with them into the operating room. Since the development of the internet, anesthesia practice has changed forever. Love it or hate it, the EMR is here to stay.

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Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 1, 2024

The safety and efficacy of topical and intra-articular TXA for total joint arthroplasty has also been established in the literature. The safety and efficacy of topical and intra-articular TXA for total joint arthroplasty has also been established in the literature. Anesthesia & Analgesia, vol. 3, 1996, pp. Ekbäck, G.,

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

CardioPulmonary Resuscitation in the Operating Room The Stanford Emergency Manual has become an essential reference for anesthesiologists. One can also order a laminated 8½ x 11½-inch version of the Manual to hang in each operating room. Both were published in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia.

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Salem Anesthesia

JUNE 12, 2023

They play a crucial role in healthcare by ensuring patient safety and comfort before, during, and after surgical procedures. Anesthesia is a vital tool in modern medicine and CRNAs serve as experts in providing this medical service to patients. To begin, it’s essential to understand the role of a CRNA.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Every anesthesia provider must learn to free-solo anesthesia early in his or her career. The 2018 movie Free Solo showcases Alex Honnold as he became the first person to free solo climb the 3000-feet high El Capitan wall of granite in Yosemite National Park without ropes or safety gear. Working alone may be less safe.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

The joint statement also said that “facilities should use available testing to protect staff and patient safety whenever possible and should implement a policy addressing requirements and frequency for patient and staff testing.” Everyone in the healthcare facility will be wearing masks.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Anesthesia is not the career for you if you like to sleep late—surgery always begins at 0730 hours). The scrubs are enclosed in a device not dissimilar to a soda machine, and you need your ID to operate it. Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 30, 2024

Prior to the machine, it was impossible to successfully operate on the heart while it was still beating. In 1953 he performed the first successful operation on a human using the heart-lung machine. Prior to the arthroscope, this surgery required the surgeon to open the joint to operate directly on the meniscus.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 11, 2019

When a patient decompensates emergently at a freestanding ambulatory surgery center or in an operating room at a doctor’s office, the facility will call for an ambulance staffed with EMT personnel. Pulmonary edema fluid filled her lungs and filled the hoses of the anesthesia machine.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Who is responsible for your safety before, during, and after your surgery? Very few patients die in the operating room, but significant numbers die in the weeks that follow. At times, physician anesthesiologists employ certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to assist them in what is called the anesthesia care team (ACT) model.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

His address, “We Need Leaders,” tackled the issues of improvements in patient safety and the multiple levels of leadership that made those advances possible. We don’t need leaders just for the advancement of patient safety; right now our specialty desperately needs leaders on every front. Surgeon General of the United States. ■

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Many of you have never heard of Dr. New, and don’t know what he was famous for, but in my opinion he was the Most Valuable Player of the anesthesia ranks in the last one hundred years. Nellcor’s successful production, marketing, and sales efforts of their pulse oximeter changed not just anesthesia practice, but medical practice, forever.

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