Hospital Post-Anesthesia Care Supervision 
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Imagine this scenario: You’ve just finished anesthetizing a patient in a hospital setting, and the patient now requires transport from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). This is a reasonable policy, but what if anesthesia patient transport to the PACU lasts 4 minutes and 59 seconds (i.e.
The Anesthesia Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
To aid you in visualizing yourself in the hospital, I’m substituting the pronoun “you” instead of “I” in the narrative below. You complete your morning bathroom and breakfast routines, and leave your residence at 0630 hours for the hospital. Your hospital contains multiple operating rooms, and today you are in room #10.
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EARN Cares
OCTOBER 11, 2023
You will want to display any relevant critical care experiences that you have with: Mechanical ventilation, ECG interpretation, caring for patients suffering from strokes, and working with titratable medications. Some hospitals require 1-2 years of ICU or Critical Care experience in order to be hired.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 2, 2023
The Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis Imagine this: You’re an anesthesiologist in the operating room at a busy hospital. Anesthesiologists at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri are studying a novel system they call the Anesthesia Control Tower (ACT).
The Anesthesia Consultant
APRIL 8, 2025
The notion of C-A-B, short for Chest Compressions-Airway-Breathingin that orderis pertinent for Basic Life Support responders in out of hospital cardiac arrest, but has no place in the operating room. They can watch you for a short period of time while you supervise the safe landing of the anesthesia plane.
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