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ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACE 

The Anesthesia Consultant

How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? If an astronaut requires general anesthesia, one must assume the patient has a full stomach and is at risk for aspiration. Astronauts will be trained in the insertion of IV cannulae, and the sampling of blood for diagnostic tests.

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PATIENTS: IS IT SAFE FOR YOU TO HAVE SURGERY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AS OF MAY 2020?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Most of these swab specimens are taken from the posterior aspect of the nose, although some tests only require an anterior nasal swab or a sputum/saliva sample. The inside of the healthcare facility will be cleaned prior to any patient care, and will be recleaned after each patient leaves an operating room.

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THE TOP 20 DOCTORS IN THE HISTORY OF ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

Morton performed the first public demonstration of general anesthesia at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital on October 16, 1846. The patient was fully conscious during the operation. Comment: Dr. Bier was the father of regional anesthesia, an important tool in the repertoire of a modern anesthesiologist.

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12 MEDICAL INACCURACIES IN FAMOUS MOVIE SCENES. AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST’S ANALYSIS

The Anesthesia Consultant

We do send blood samples from a radial artery to a lab to diagnose blood levels, but the lab results take time to be processed. The premise of Coma was that healthy young patients were developing brain death after general anesthesia, for no apparent reason. You can relax. One out of 700 remain awake.”

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MOCK ORAL BOARD EXAMS

The Anesthesia Consultant

Faculty Member A) begins by asking 10 minutes of questions dealing with preoperative anesthesia issues, followed by 15 minutes of questions about intraoperative issues by the second examiner (e.g. How would hypoglycemia present during general anesthesia? You decide to extubate the patient in the operating room.

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FENTANYL AND THE OPIOID CRISIS: AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST’S PERSPECTIVE

The Anesthesia Consultant

The anesthesia world is well aware of the risks of fentanyl addiction. Narcotic addiction has struck down many anesthesia providers who found themselves vulnerable to sampling the potent euphoria-inducing fentanyl doses they were administering to their patients. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?