The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

One of my readers asked me to describe a day in the life of an anesthesiologist, as he was considering a career in anesthesiology. Anesthesia is not the career for you if you like to sleep late—surgery always begins at 0730 hours). Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring.,

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2019

You’re an anesthesiologist. I’d like to focus on one specific aspect of this important study: anesthesiologists need to lose their reluctance to cut a surgical airway into a patient’s neck in a “can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate” airway emergency. Case 5: “The anesthesiologist asked the surgeon to perform an emergency cricothyrotomy.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2018

News and World Report credited anesthesiologist with another honor: the highest paying job in their 2018 Best Paying Jobs survey. Regarding the #1 job, physician anesthesiologist , the article states, “the breadth of the profession has dramatically expanded in the last decade. This week U.S.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Who is responsible for your safety before, during, and after your surgery? The word “perioperative” means “around the time of surgery.” It’s officially defined as the 30-day time period following surgery. Note this data was for inpatient surgeries. Who will take care of you before, during, and after YOUR surgery?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2017

This is what the anesthesia experience is like for most patients: You show up for surgery, and some anesthesia professional you’ve never met or talked to appears 10 minutes before you are to be wheeled into the operating room. The anesthesia professional might be an MD, a CRNA, or both a MD and a CRNA might be involved.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

During the dayshift, working alone is seldom an issue for any anesthesiologist. Within seconds or minutes, any anesthesiologist can be assisted or bailed out by a colleague. Unlike Alex Honnold, the anesthesiologist is not putting their own life at risk—rather it is their patient who is at risk. The degree of risk is variable.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Today I read a thoughtful and well-written essay in Anesthesiology News titled, Anesthesiologists-The Utility Players of the Medical Field written by anesthesiologist David Stinson MD from my native state of Minnesota. To me, the appropriate headline should read, “Anesthesiologists—the Most Valuable Players of the Medical Team.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2016

How much money does an anesthesiologist earn? What is a physician anesthesiologist’s salary in today’s marketplace? I recently received an email from a medical student who was considering anesthesia as a career specialty, but his concern was: is the bottom about to fall out for anesthesiologists’ salaries?

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Concordia Anesthesiology

AUGUST 30, 2021

While few administrators would consider reducing the number of surgeries (that would strangle the golden goose!) All MD In this model, (most prevalent in one-or two-room surgery centers and less common in large ambulatory surgery centers), all anesthesia care is provided by medical doctors only, specifically physician anesthesiologists.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

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. These devices enable an anesthesiologist to remain connected to the outside world during surgery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2019

At the onset of general anesthesia anesthesiologists place an ET tube through the mouth, past the larynx (voice box), and into the trachea (windpipe). After a surgery is finished, anesthetic gases and intravenous anesthesia drugs are discontinued, and the patient wakes up within 5 to 15 minutes. Extubation is not a time to relax.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2016

The cooperation between surgeons, anesthesiologists, and internal medicine specialists to develop the protocols has been outstanding, the standardized checklist care has been well accepted, and patients are benefiting. This group would cover a hospital or several hospitals along with nearby surgery centers and offices. Grade = C-.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 24, 2022

Items 1 – 5 are discussed as follows: Non-anesthesiologists can reverse the effects of remimazolam with flumazenil if they overdose a patient, but this advantage is less important for anesthesia professionals. Anesthesiologists can manage the airway of a patient over-sedated with a benzodiazepine without need to administer a reversal agent.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

These three words make any anesthesiologist cringe. If something dire goes wrong during anesthesia and surgery and the flow of oxygen to the brain is cut off, an anesthesia practitioner has about five minutes to diagnose the cause of the problem and treat it. A 40-year-old male presented for outpatient septoplasty surgery.

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SpecialtyCare

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Lauren] debriefed me on how the days would go, the logistics of the surgeries — two operating rooms were run simultaneously, and I had to monitor both rooms at once. The team consisted of two surgeons, an anesthesiologist, a CRNA, an internal medicine physician, four registered nurses, an instrumentation/implant rep, and myself (IONM).”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 12, 2023

Is it feasible that CHATGPT, this decades artificial intelligence wunderkind, can equal or better a physician anesthesiologist? What sort of preoperative tests or therapies should this patient have before surgery? They will consider her individual medical history and unique circumstances to ensure a safe and successful surgery.

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The Circulating Life

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I was so impressed with the team from One World Surgery (OWS). Let the surgeries begin! The entire OR 1 crew – Tori, CRNA; Kristen, RNFA; Me; Shannon, CST Linda, Kristen, Shannon, Marcia (anesthesiologist), and me Tori was a great CRNA to work with! This was a great group of people!

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PANA

JANUARY 14, 2025

by PennLive.com Patients undergoing surgery or procedures requiring anesthesia are safe when cared for by a physician anesthesiologist, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), or both. 3) relates to outdated and restrictive laws that prevent CRNAs from practicing to their fullest scope. Published: Jan.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The faded turquoise tile on the walls had witnessed thousands of hernia surgeries. He was an anesthesiologist in California, but now he’s one of us, the slightly-better-than-average staff of Hibbing General. Why the ingratiating attitude toward me, a board-certified anesthesiologist physician? anesthesiologist in town.

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