DFW Anesthesia Professionals

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Anesthesiology residents play an important role in the operating room (OR), assisting with patient care while also undergoing rigorous training to become skilled anesthesiologists. They closely monitor the patient’s vital signs, such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and body fluid balance. Park, Christine S.,

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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. Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring., To the contrary, in our practice we physician anesthesiologists start the IVs ourselves.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2022

When you arrive at the PACU, a nurse reattaches your patient to the vital sign monitors, and discovers that the patient’s oxygen saturation has dropped from 100% in the OR to a severely low value of 80% in the PACU. An anesthesiologist can easily make a diagnosis of inadequate breathing if a patient is connected to a pulse oximeter.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

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 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. Working alone may be less safe.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2017

Anesthesiologists work in operating rooms and intensive care units—acute care settings which demand vigilance, steady hands, and quick thinking. Advice For Passing the Anesthesia Oral Board Exams What Personal Characteristics are Necessary to Become a Successful Anesthesiologist? What will an AIM robot doctor look like?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

Louis Imagine this: You’re an anesthesiologist in the operating room at a busy hospital. Anesthesiologists at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St. A team led by an attending anesthesiologist uses remote monitoring to provide evidence-based support to anesthesia colleagues in all the operating rooms.

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