The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 26, 2015

But nothing is perfect, and anesthesia has one threat which could in time undermine the entire specialty. No, it’s not the nurse anesthetists, nor the stress of covering surgeries in the middle of the night, nor the stress of saving patients who are trying to die in front of our eyes during acute care emergencies.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

There are multiple different models of anesthesia care. 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). Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2016

More care team anesthesia and more Certified Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). Rather than physician anesthesiologists personally performing anesthesia, expect to see CRNAs supervised by physician anesthesiologists in an anesthesia care team, or in some states, CRNAs working alone.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

You may have nausea after general anesthesia. You’ll wake up reasonably comfortable, but as the general anesthesia wears off you’ll likely experience the onset of pain. You tape the patients eyes closed so that they do not dry out under general anesthesia. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Risk factors for cardiac arrest were children under one year of age, emergency surgery, ASA physical status 3-5, and general anesthesia. There were 11 cardiac arrests related to anesthesia care. The most popular posts for laypeople on The Anesthesia Consultant include: How Long Will It Take To Wake Up From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2017

Such a robot would not replace a human anesthesiologist, but could serve as an autopilot analogue during the maintenance or middle phase of long anesthetics, freeing up the anesthesia professional so that he or she need not be physically present. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Anesthesia education today has improved since the 1980’s when I was a first-year resident, but the same themes persist. A supervising attending must teach them, mentor them, and lecture them—case by case—until each resident learns the basic skills. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

Will your anesthesia professional be a physician anesthesiologist, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), or an anesthesia care team made up of both? If an anesthesia care team is attending to you, how many rooms is each physician anesthesiologist supervising?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 6, 2017

A private practice anesthesia group needn’t be a physician-only group. In many private practice anesthesia groups, physician anesthesiologists supervise multiple nurse anesthetists in multiple operating rooms. These groups are still single specialty anesthesia groups.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2016

If you work in a practice which utilizes an anesthesia care team, where one physician anesthesiologist may supervise, for example, 4 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), then a physician’s income is increased because he or she is billing for and supervising care for multiple concurrent surgeries.

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