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WHO WILL BE PROVIDING ANESTHESIA CARE 10 YEARS FROM NOW?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Non-emergency surgery may be delayed for days, weeks, or longer. The regulation of the number of MD residency and CRNA training positions, and the duration of time required to train new professionals, impede the ability to rapidly increase the supply of clinicians entering the workforce. Leverage technology.

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WILL CRNAs REPLACE MD ANESTHESIOLOGISTS?

The Anesthesia Consultant

When you enter a hospital or surgery center for a surgery and an anesthesia professional approaches you prior to your surgery, that professional could be a physician anesthesiologist, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, or an Anesthesia Assistant (AA). This study has been widely discussed.

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Evaluating the Anesthesia Staffing Model for Efficiency

Concordia Anesthesiology

While few administrators would consider reducing the number of surgeries (that would strangle the golden goose!) All MD In this model, (most prevalent in one-or two-room surgery centers and less common in large ambulatory surgery centers), all anesthesia care is provided by medical doctors only, specifically physician anesthesiologists.

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NURSE ANESTHESIOLOGY?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Who is responsible for your safety before, during, and after your surgery? The word “perioperative” means “around the time of surgery.” It’s officially defined as the 30-day time period following surgery. Note this data was for inpatient surgeries. Who will take care of you before, during, and after YOUR surgery?

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11 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO MAKE YOUR ANESTHETIC SAFER

The Anesthesia Consultant

This is what the anesthesia experience is like for most patients: You show up for surgery, and some anesthesia professional you’ve never met or talked to appears 10 minutes before you are to be wheeled into the operating room. The anesthesia professional might be an MD, a CRNA, or both a MD and a CRNA might be involved.

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FREE SOLO

The Anesthesia Consultant

For healthy patients undergoing elective surgery the anesthetic risks are minimal, and are similar to the risks of driving on a freeway in an automobile. In an anesthesia care team, a physician anesthesiologist supervises up to four operating rooms and each operating room is staffed with a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA).

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HOW THE INTERNET CHANGED ANESTHESIOLOGY FOREVER

The Anesthesia Consultant

These devices enable an anesthesiologist to remain connected to the outside world during surgery. A patient’s EMR combines information from previous clinic visits, emergency room visits, laboratory and test results, and all data from the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative course on the day of surgery.