CRNA Patient Care Supervision 
Concordia Anesthesiology
AUGUST 30, 2021
The benefits of this model are that there are fewer providers involved and less supervision needed. Anesthesia Care Team (ACT) This model incorporates a physician anesthesiologist who supervises CRNAs (certified registered nurse anesthetists), with resident physicians-in-training who ultimately administer the anesthetics.
The Anesthesia Consultant
JULY 12, 2021
In anesthesia care team models, in which a Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is physically present in the operating room while being supervised by an attending physician anesthesiologist, the MD anesthesiologist can be summoned to return to the operating room in seconds if a problem arises.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 26, 2022
There is no fork in the career path that makes a busy Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) automatically inferior to a medical doctor anesthesiologist in hands-on skills. CRNAs can now administer anesthesia independent of any physician anesthesiologist supervision in the majority of the United States.
The Anesthesia Consultant
AUGUST 16, 2018
When a bad outcome like this occurs in a hospital or surgery center, a facility’s Quality Assurance Committee examines the details of the case—not to assign blame—but to identify flaws in patient care systems which must be improved in the future.
PANA
JANUARY 20, 2025
20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) are usually the last person a patient sees before a surgical procedure begins, and the first person they awake to when it ends. As the hands-on providers of anesthesia, CRNAs are with their patients throughout the entire medical procedure.
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