Wed.Mar 06, 2024

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“Hey we are bleeding!”

SurgicalPerformance

Through my extensive research on complications and how they impact on the lives of surgeons, I am familiar with the anguish, anxiety and self-doubt that complication events cause surgeons every day. However, we don’t talk openly about our complications and failures, nor the feelings of inadequacy they cause, because we don’t want to be seen as incompetent.

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Newer Supraglottic Airway Devices

Anaesthesia News

Introduction: The classic laryngeal mask airway was invented by Dr Archie Brain in the UK in 1981 1. It became commercially available in the United Kingdom in 1988 and in the United States in 1991. The LMA Classic (cLMA) received wide recognition in a short time and has had a major impact on anesthesia practice and airway management. Some authors refer to these as extraglottic 2-3 , periglottic 4 or supralaryngeal airways 5 , but the term ‘supraglottic airways’ is the most widely use

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Goal Setting & 2024 Planning

SurgicalPerformance

Twelve months ago we discussed “Goal setting” and how it can help moving forward, developing your medical practice and improving your job satisfaction. For me personally, some of them are still very valid. Some I achieved; others not (yet). My first point last year was: “Did I perform a new procedure?” Yes, I ran into trouble with a rather challenging case.

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Patient travels from Utah for open heart surgery

The Stitch

Jasmariah Swenson sought specialized cardiac care from Dr. Marc Moon and Dr. Jose Diez after an onset of chest pain. The post Patient travels from Utah for open heart surgery appeared first on Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network.

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Meet our Tucson Campus Respiratory Therapy Program Director!

Pima Medical Institute

Meet Betty-Pauline Gradillas, MEd, RCP, RRT. BP, as she’s called, is the Respiratory Therapy program director at our Tucson campus. She has been with Pima Medical for 17 years and in the respiratory therapy field for more than three decades. While at Pima Medical, she has been a leader in everything from classroom and clinical instruction, to being program director of the online Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy program.

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Neurosurgery: Critical Resident Education in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Neurosurgery

There is nothing more important to a neurosurgeon than patient safety. We strive daily to provide the right care to the right patient at the right time and place in the best possible way. Beyond each individual encounter, achieving this requires constant assessment and reassessment of all aspects of care delivery — a process called quality improvement.

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Mapping pancreatic cancer to improve immunotherapy

Penn Medicine

Gregory Beatty, MD, PhD, explains how repurposing an old technique could help improve the success rate of immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer.

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Most Memorable Team Triage Assignments

Triage Staffing

We asked our travelers to share their most memorable assignments and put together a list of some of our Team Triage traveler favorites. An assignment is memorable for so many different reasons, whether it’s the location, the coworkers, the proximity to hobbies or just another state checked off of a bucket list. Here is what our travelers had to say about their stand out assignment memories!