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IS ANESTHESIA AN ART OR A SCIENCE?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Is the practice of anesthesia an art or a science? Due to an inadequate supply of primary care doctors, the future of clinic medicine in large corporate medical practices will likely be legions of nurse practitioners and/or physician assistants supplying much of primary care. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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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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Perioperative Surgical Home -Optimizing the Patient’s Surgical Experience

Concordia Anesthesiology

link] PSH – Continuation and Disruption From the discovery of ether in 1846 to epidural anesthesia and rapid-acting agents, disruptive innovations in anesthesia have advanced the practice of medicine. PSH, a model built around standardized, evidence-based perioperative strategies, involves team-based care.

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CRNAs in the News: Prolung Ngin Taking on Diverse Patient Challenges in the APP Field

PANA

After graduating from the nurse anesthesia program in 2010, Ngin began working at Hershey Medical Center, where she said she enjoys providing care to its diverse patient population. Rigorously trained and credentialed, APPs work collaboratively with other health care providers to offer patients the highest level of care possible.

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NON-PHYSICIAN SURGICAL ASSISTANT UTILIZATION AND EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS – Luis F Aragon, CSA, LSA, RSA

NSAA

Having properly certified assistants at surgery usually makes the operation go faster, safer and smoothly. Having expert assistance can translate into shortening the time needed for anesthesia, increasing the safety of the procedure, reducing the surgical complication rates, and thus decreasing operating room costs.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE

The Anesthesia Consultant

See Robot Anesthesia and Robot Anesthesia II ) AI already influences our daily life. In my previous essays Robot Anesthesia and Robot Anesthesia II , I described models of robots designed to perform intravenous sedation or intubation of the trachea, products which are futuristic but currently have no market share.