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Anesthesia – Top 5 Questions Asked By Patients

Salem Anesthesia

Demystifying Anesthesia: Answering the Top 5 Questions Anesthesia, the invisible hero of modern medicine, plays a crucial role in surgeries and medical procedures, ensuring patients are comfortable, pain-free, and safe. What is anesthesia, and how does it work? Is anesthesia safe?

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Role of Anesthesiology Residents in the OR

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

Their responsibilities encompass a range of tasks, from preoperative evaluations to the administration of anesthesia and postoperative care. The role of anesthesiology residents in the OR helps ensure patient safety and optimize surgical outcomes. Guidelines for Resident Experience in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.”

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THE RISK OF ANESTHESIA PATIENT TRANSPORT 

The Anesthesia Consultant

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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SMART GLASSES IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

Any step which enhances safety can be seen as a valuable change. AEROGLASS in aviation A recent review states , “The AEROGLASS turnkey smart glass solution provides general aviation pilots a true 3D, 360° view of navigation and safety features. Smart glasses are being studied in aviation.

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INTRAVENOUS CAFFEINE FOLLOWING GENERAL ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

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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ANESTHESIA EMERGENCY GUIDEBOOK

The Anesthesia Consultant

An anesthesia emergency occurs without warning. Your patient’s vital signs are dropping. 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.

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ROBOTIC ANESTHESIA 

The Anesthesia Consultant

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?