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3 Tips for Improving Your Pre-Anesthesia Testing Processes

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

Failing to collect, communicate, and distribute pre-surgical information impacts each team involved with a surgery, from surgeons and anesthesiologists to clinical support staff and administrators. Start and End With Communication Communication is far and away the most crucial element in successful pre-anesthesia testing processes.

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A Day in the Life of a CRNA: Insights & Experiences

Salem Anesthesia

In this blog post, we’ll provide an insider’s perspective on a CRNA’s exciting and rewarding career by highlighting their daily responsibilities, how they overcome challenges, and their tremendous impact on patient care and the health field. CRNAs received specialized training that is critical in surgeries and healthcare.

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THE ANESTHESIA CONTROL TOWER: BIG BROTHER OR FRIEND?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Your patient is in mid-surgery, and you receive a call from the Anesthesia Control Tower that the patient’s blood pressure is too low, your blood transfusion replacement is inadequate, and that the patient is in danger. A press article describing the ACT states: “Surgery is a big insult to the human body. A lot can go wrong.

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12 TIPS ON BECOMING AN OUTSTANDING ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

Their patients are obtunded on arrival to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) after surgery, and they rely on the PACU nursing staff to complete the job of anesthesia wake up. Enjoy your 10 minutes with each patient prior to surgery. Cultivate your speaking and writing skills.

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WAS TIGER WOODS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Tiger Woods underwent surgery at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center just hours after his single car rollover vehicle crash. In a study from Nature , 1007 consecutive patients undergoing emergency surgery were screened for illicit drug use (IDU). Perhaps his anesthesiologist knows. READ ABOUT RICK NOVAK’S FICTION WRITING AT RICK NOVAK.COM.

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AUTISM AND ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

Characteristics of autism include developmental delays of behavioral and social skills, and an inability to communicate. It’s not infrequent that autistic patients need surgery and anesthesia. The most common anesthesia induction technique in children and toddlers is an inhalation induction with sevoflurane.

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13 MAJOR CHANGES IN ANESTHESIOLOGY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS

The Anesthesia Consultant

Sugammadex reversal can make the duration of a rocuronium motor block almost as short acting as a succinylcholine motor block, and sugammadex can also eliminate complications in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit due to residual postoperative muscle paralysis. Everything in the modern world is digitalized, so why not medical records?