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CODE BLUE – WHEN AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST PREMATURELY DEPARTS A FREESTANDING SURGERY CENTER

The Anesthesia Consultant

The initial vital signs are an oxygen saturation of 95%, heart rate of 90, respiratory rate of 24, and blood pressure of 140/88. What about CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) readers of this website? Four liters/min of oxygen are administered intranasally. The anesthesiologist is alarmed. The moral of this column?