The Anesthesia Consultant
APRIL 26, 2018
Learjet anesthesia? Yes, anesthesia can be a glamorous specialty. Norman Shumway MD PhD, a Stanford surgical professor and legend, invented the heart transplantation procedure and performed the first heart transplant in the USA on January 6, 1968 in operating room 13 of Stanford University Hospital. At this point I went home.
The Anesthesia Consultant
APRIL 20, 2019
He turned off all the anesthesia gases and intravenous anesthetic medications. The blood pressure went from normal to zero, and a cacophony of alarms sounded from the anesthesia monitoring system. The surgical resident and the scrub tech held suction catheters in the abdomen, but the stream of blood bubbled upward past the catheters.
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Incision
DECEMBER 18, 2023
a non-dedicated team) was shown to reduce total anesthesia time by 30 minutes , with significantly fewer delays related to setting up equipment [ 9 ]. Rotating training programs create regular influx and outflux of surgical residents and trainee nurses. The presence of a dedicated laparoscopic team (vs.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 6, 2022
“The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the representative body of all accredited medical schools in the United States and Canada, as well as over 400 teaching hospitals, vehemently opposed all resident unionization efforts. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 12, 2015
I stood near my patient’s feet in an anesthesia cockpit surrounded by two ventilator hoses, three intravenous lines, and four computer monitor screens. Judith Chang turned her back on the operating room table, and peeled off her surgical gloves. The surgical resident would conclude the task of sewing the skin closed.
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