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Role of Anesthesiology Residents in the OR

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

Anesthesiology residents play an important role in the operating room (OR), assisting with patient care while also undergoing rigorous training to become skilled anesthesiologists. Their responsibilities encompass a range of tasks, from preoperative evaluations to the administration of anesthesia and postoperative care.

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PHYSICIAN ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND A NURSE ANESTHETIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

What’s the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? There is no fork in the career path that makes a busy Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) automatically inferior to a medical doctor anesthesiologist in hands-on skills. The answer: internal medicine.

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Evaluating the Anesthesia Staffing Model for Efficiency

Concordia Anesthesiology

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. The benefits of this model are that there are fewer providers involved and less supervision needed.

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HOW THE INTERNET CHANGED ANESTHESIOLOGY FOREVER

The Anesthesia Consultant

Vigilance regarding a sleeping patient’s vital signs was always paramount, but the constant effort to be vigilant could be mind-numbing. 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.

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THE ART OF ANESTHESIA—A NEW TEXTBOOK, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

The Anesthesia Consultant

Miller’s Anesthesia , which contain an encyclopedic knowledge of our specialty, but the new Larson and Jaffe book will teach you how to improve and enhance your patient care. Between them, Larson and Jaffe have supervised tens of thousands of anesthetics in a university practice. Together, Drs.

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FIVE MINUTES. TO AVOID ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY

The Anesthesia Consultant

These three words make any anesthesiologist cringe. The topic of anoxic encephalopathy as related to anesthesia disasters and brain death—a issue that can ruin both a patient’s life and an anesthesiologist’s career—is not specifically covered in Miller’s Anesthesia. The anesthesiologist decided to extubate the trachea.

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ROBOTIC ANESTHESIA REALLY IS COMING

The Anesthesia Consultant

It is 2030 and I am scheduled to supervise anesthesia for a 40-yr-old patient undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In the operating room, I tell my robot—let’s call it A-bot—about the surgery, the patient, and the type of anesthesia I would like performed. How will we do anesthesia in the future?