March, 2022

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Empowering Kindness with Nathan Caldwell: Part 2

Graphium Health

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel This article was developed from an episode of “Time Out For Anesthesia” with Nathan Caldwell, Amazon Best-Selling Author of Empowering Kindness: Why Unlocking Power In Others Will Be Your Greatest Success. You can watch or listen to the original interview via the links at the bottom of this page, and you can visit his website at www.EmpoweringKindness.com.

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REMIMAZOLAM: NEW WONDER ANESTHETIC DRUG OR MEDICAL WHITE ELEPHANT?

The Anesthesia Consultant

In July 2020 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the intravenous benzodiazepine remimazolam (Byfavo, Acacia Pharma) for use in sedation for procedures of 30 minutes or less. Will anyone utilize this new drug, or is it an expensive addition to our arsenal with few significant advantages over current agents? Remimazolam differs from midazolam (Versed), the current most commonly used IV benzodiazepine, in that remimazolam is rapidly converted to an inactive metabolite by tissue esterase

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A Day in the Life of a Surgery Nurse in the Operating Room (OR)

EARN Cares

Surgical nursing is unlike any other nursing specialty or unit. The operating room (OR) is a team based unit where patients undergo surgical procedures. If you’re a nurse who is fascinated by anatomy and physiology, enjoys fast-paced daily tasks, and has a knack for remembering details, then the OR may be the perfect unit for you! One of the best parts about the OR is taking care of one patient at a time.

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ADLINK Accelerates AI-Powered Medical Devices with NVIDIA Clara Holoscan

ADLINK Technology

Artificial intelligence allows medical devices to do better, be faster, and more. By leveraging NVIDIA Clara Holoscan, ADLINK offers high-speed data streaming, real-time AI inference, and accelerated image reconstruction and graphics to enable software-defined medical devices at the point of care. Medical devices are mission-critical, time-sensitive applications.

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Endoscopy Suite Requirements

Total Scope

What Tools and Equipment Do You Need in an Endoscopy Room? In the endoscopy room, there are many tools and equipment that ensure a safe, successful procedure.This endoscopy equipment and tools include: Scope specific to the procedure Video monitor Imaging equipment Anesthetic equipment and medication Monitoring equipment Endoscope cabinet Endoscopy cart or trolley Endoscopy Equipment List Scopes One of the more obvious, but necessary pieces of equipment in the endoscopy room, is the endoscope.

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System-level Surgical Governance Can Unlock the Benefits of Consolidation

Surgical Directions

The consolidation of hospitals and providers into larger health systems is changing the landscape of how health care is delivered across the country.

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Peak - Deliberate Practice

Rapid Sequence

Another excellent recent read has been the book ”Peak”, by the late K. Anders Ericsson and Robert Poole. The book is essentially a reader-friendly summary of the work that Ericsson had done throughout his extensive career looking at what makes experts as good as they are. As such, it provides some fascinating insights into many aspects of human learning and development - some of which are quite surprising.

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ROBOTIC ANESTHESIA 

The Anesthesia Consultant

How soon will we see robotic anesthesia in our hospitals and surgery centers? In the past three decades the high-tech revolution introduced the internet, the laptop computer, the iPhone, Google, and global positioning satellites. Most of these discoveries originated in Silicon Valley, just miles outside Stanford University Hospital where I’ve been working for the past 42 years.

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Medical-PCs sollen die Arbeit erleichtern – auch im Bereich Hygiene

ADLINK Technology

Aus dem klinischen Alltag sind IT-Systeme nicht mehr wegzudenken. Sie übernehmen zum Beispiel wichtige Funktionen bei der Befundung und im OP sowie bei der Überwachung von Vitaldaten und Führung digitaler Patientenakten. Doch an moderne Klinik-Hardware werden noch weitere Ansprüche gestellt – vor allem das Thema Hygiene gewinnt immer stärker an Relevanz.

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Featured Author Podcast: Liposomal Bupivacaine’s Effect on the Diaphragm

Anesthesiology Journal

Moderator: BobbieJean Sweitzer, M.D. Participants: Aaron A. Berg, D.O.

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Featured Author Podcast: Liposomal Bupivacaine vs. Dexamethasone for Block

Anesthesiology Journal

Moderator: BobbieJean Sweitzer, M.D. Participants: David H. Kim, M.D.

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