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ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACEĀ 

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. Is an anesthesiologist required on board? Is a surgeon required on board?

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, itā€™s OK to wear your watch and ring., Inside the operating room, the scrub tech is already dressed in a sterile gown and gloves, and is preparing the instruments the surgeon will use to operate on the first patient. You may have nausea after general anesthesia.

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WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DOā€¦ AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

The Anesthesia Consultant

An anesthesia machine, with the vital signs monitor screen on the left, and the electronic medical records computer screen on the right. His vital signs are heart rate = 100, BP = 150/80, respiratory rate = 20 breaths/minute, oxygen saturation 95% on room air, and temperature 100.2 The BP is 100/50.

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12 MEDICAL INACCURACIES IN FAMOUS MOVIE SCENES. AN ANESTHESIOLOGISTā€™S ANALYSIS

The Anesthesia Consultant

Then he injects her IV with a syringe of adrenaline, and leaves the vital signs monitor on. The vital signs monitor shows her heart rate suddenly change to zero as she dies. The vital signs monitor continues to emit a soft high-pitched tone, but thereā€™s no one else around to hear it.

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LEARJET ANESTHESIA ā€“ THE EARLY DAYS OF HEART TRANSPLANTATION

The Anesthesia Consultant

Even though the patient was brain dead, it was imperative to maintain his or her vital signs and oxygenation at optimal levels to preserve the cardiac function for the eventual recipient. The surgeons then cut the heart out of the body, placed it in a sterile bag, and placed the bag into an Igloo chest full of ice.

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Newer Supraglottic Airway Devices

Anaesthesia News

The device is made of silicone (latex free) and is re-usable, after sterilization in an autoclave, up to 50 times. The insertion of the standard laryngeal tube is generally easy. Pharyngeal airway express (PAXpress) The PA Xpress TM (Vital Signs Inc., There are six sizes, suitable for neonates up to large adults.(Table)

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Anesthesia Considerations for Radiation Therapy PatientsĀ 

Radius Anesthesia

For cancer patients undergoing surgery, regional anesthesia and general anesthesia with propofol should be favored, while volatile agents should not be used in order to prevent cancer patients from perioperative immunosuppression that can increase the risk of cancer recurrence.