The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

An anesthesiologist’s knowledge of internal medicine isn’t as comprehensive as a board-certified internist, but the consider the flip side: None of the internists can administer general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or manage the A of the A-B-Cs like an anesthesiologist can. Trust me—internists envy the skills of anesthesiologists.

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Operating Room Anesthesiologist Post-Anesthesia General Anesthesia 52

The Circulating Life

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The entire OR 1 crew – Tori, CRNA; Kristen, RNFA; Me; Shannon, CST Linda, Kristen, Shannon, Marcia (anesthesiologist), and me Tori was a great CRNA to work with! In that time, I’ve circulated, scrubbed, been an OR Manager, and an Orthopedic Team Leader. It was an impressive transformation to observe. All of us do.

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OR Manager

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This incident is just one More » The post The anesthesia staffing crisis: How we got here, what hospitals can do appeared first on OR Manager. Last November, two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, reportedly had to cancel several hundred procedures—nearly all nonemergency surgeries—due to a shortage of anesthesia providers.

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