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AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE WITH ONE FINGER

The Anesthesia Consultant

An anesthesiologist can save your life by treating airway obstruction with as little as one finger, thereby maintaining safe oxygen flow in and out of your lungs. Patients wonder what their anesthesiologist is doing while they are sleeping. Anesthesiologists supply oxygen via a mask or via a nasal cannula.

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You Are Not “Asleep” Under Anesthesia

Ed Mariano

“You will be asleep for your surgery,” anesthesiologists often reassure their patients. Just before the start of anesthesia, a patient may hear the operating room nurse saying, “Think of a nice dream as you go off to sleep.” Akshay Shanker and Emery Brown explain brain wave patterns found in patients under general anesthesia.

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WHO WILL BE PROVIDING ANESTHESIA CARE 10 YEARS FROM NOW?

The Anesthesia Consultant

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. If the current trend of inadequate numbers of anesthesia clinicians in the United States is not reversed, this insufficient supply will be a major problem. of the population).

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My Last Update as CSA President

Ed Mariano

Annual meeting Vice-Chair Dr. Engy Said put together a fantastic point-of-care ultrasound and regional anesthesia workshop on Thursday. Mason as well as some other inspirational anesthesiologists, see these video interviews posted by Dr. Allison Fernandez for the Women of Impact in Anesthesiology project.

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How To Become a CRNA: Complete Step-By Step-Guide

The CRNA Chase

Do you know what it takes to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist (CRNA)? The Nurse Anesthesia school admissions process is extraordinarily time-consuming and highly competitive and anyone considering this path should expect it to take a number of years. This is why the steps to becoming a CRNA are not black and white.

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ANESTHESIOLOGIST BURNOUT

The Anesthesia Consultant

Regarding anesthesiologist burnout: What if I told you 50% of physician anesthesiology trainees suffer burnout, and those trainees average $220,000 in educational debt by the age of 32? The anesthesia residency was 80 hours per week with in-hospital night call. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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14 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXPERIENCED AND INEXPERIENCED ANESTHESIOLOGISTS

The Anesthesia Consultant

Is your doctor an experienced anesthesia provider or a newbie? The list below chronicles the crescendo of growth of as I’ve witnessed it from a newly-trained anesthesia doctor to an expert practitioner. In my view, inexperienced anesthesia providers are more likely to: Be nervous/anxious. This observation is no surprise.