The CRNA Chase
JUNE 19, 2022
Do you know what it takes to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist (CRNA)? The Nurse Anesthesia school admissions process is extraordinarily time-consuming and highly competitive and anyone considering this path should expect it to take a number of years. For the 4,000 available seats in the 124 Nurse Anesthesia programs at the time, there were close to 20,000 applications submitted in 2020.
The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 26, 2022
What’s the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? After the first 3 – 4 years in the workforce, either one can master the manual skills of anesthesia. That is, either one can display excellence in intubating the trachea, performing a spinal or an epidural anesthetic, performing a nerve block, inserting an arterial line, or inserting a central venous pressure catheter.
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Goldfinch Health
JUNE 22, 2022
When we buy a new home, prepare a tax return, or face a legal issue, we don’t think twice about finding an expert to help. When facing serious medical procedures, we trust the advice of our neighbor’s cousin and whatever we can find online. Can’t we do better? Especially when it comes to surgery, everyone needs a healthcare navigator. An advocate. An educated friend.
Cardiac and General Anesthesiology
JUNE 17, 2022
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY GUIDELINES FOR INSERTION OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATORS Class I Heart Failure: • Survivors of cardiac arrest due to VF (ventricular fibrillation) or sustained VT (ventricular tachycardia) after excluding reversible causes • Patients with structural heart disease and spontaneous, sustained VT, whether hemodynamically stable or unstable • Patients with syncope of undetermined origin with clinically rel
Graphium Health
JUNE 13, 2022
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel When shopping software, we’ve been trained to research the Return On Investment (ROI). There is, however, another dimension that ought to be considered along with ROI: Time To Value (TTV). Daniel Dura of Graphium Health — always an incredibly valuable guest — helps us not only explore the concept of Time To Value but also apply it to anesthesia software.
EARN Cares
JUNE 9, 2022
When it’s not National Nurses Week, which companies have the discounts and free offers for nurses and nurse practitioners year-round? Well, there’s a pretty large number of companies who show their support for the healthcare profession by way of discounts, often called a “hero discount”. While the amounts of generosity vary, one thing is clear…if you have to make a purchase, it can really pay off to do a quick check for a nurse discount first.
NSAA
JUNE 13, 2022
BG Young Professionals get hands-on experience with surgical robots The post BG Young Professionals get hands-on experience with surgical robots appeared first on NSAA | National Surgical Assistant Association.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 15, 2022
The first public demonstration of anesthesia, at the Ether Dome in Massachusetts General Hospital Important advances in the history of anesthesia changed medicine forever. Humans have inhabited the Earth for 200,000 years, yet the discovery of surgical anesthesia was a relatively recent development in the mid-1800s. For thousands of years most surgical procedures were accompanied by severe pain, and the only strategies available to decrease pain were to give patients alcohol or opium until they
Cardiac and General Anesthesiology
JUNE 17, 2022
The New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification Class Patient Symptoms I No limitation of physical activity. Ordinary physical activity does not cause undue fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea (shortness of breath). II Slight limitation of physical activity. Comfortable at rest. Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea (shortness of breath).
Trocar Supplies
JUNE 6, 2022
A trocar is a versatile, specialized surgical device that proves useful in a variety of procedures. They are best known for their application in laparoscopic (also known as keyhole) surgery. By using a trocar, a surgeon is able to access the abdomen or peritoneal cavity. Physicians also employ trocars in treating ascites and hydrothorax, and for the implantation of slow-release hormone pellets beneath the skin.
Cardiac and General Anesthesiology
JUNE 3, 2022
Adjunctive Therapy Warming Bleeding patients with core or intermediate zone temperatures less than 35°C will benefit from warming efforts, both passive (warm ambient temperature, adequate body coverings, low-ventilator fresh gas flows, airway heat and humidity exchangers) and active (heated humidifiers, warmed intravenous fluids, forced-air convective warming blankets).
Anesthesiology Journal
JUNE 8, 2022
Moderator: James Rathmell, M.D. Participants: Shiroh Isono, M.D. and David R. Hillman, M.D. Articles Discussed: Combination Therapy of High-flow Nasal Cannula and Upper-body Elevation for Postoperative Sleep-disordered Breathing: Randomized Crossover Trial Is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure All There Is?
Anesthesiology Journal
JUNE 8, 2022
Moderator: James Rathmell, M.D. Participants: Maximilian Sebastian Schaefer, M.D. and Marcelo Gama de Abreu, M.D., MS.c., Ph.D. Articles Discussed: Mechanical Power during General Anesthesia and Postoperative Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study Mechanical Power: Correlate or Cause of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury?
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