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Title: The Crucial Role of PACU Nurses in Enhancing Patient Care and Surgery Center Efficiency

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) nurses are the unsung heroes of surgery centers. By ensuring patient safety and providing compassionate care, PACU nurses not only improve outcomes but also help maintain the smooth operation of surgery centers. PACU nurses contribute significantly to this efficiency.

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5 Warning Signs of an Underperforming Anesthesia Team

Somnia

Ensuring your anesthesia team excels in both areas is vital. Here are five warning signs that your anesthesia team might be underperforming: 1. Clinical Inefficiencies Clinical inefficiencies can manifest as non-compliance with internal and external standards, policies, procedures, and best practices. Delayed first-case starts.

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A Day in the Life of a CRNA: Insights & Experiences

Salem Anesthesia

They play a crucial role in healthcare by ensuring patient safety and comfort before, during, and after surgical procedures. Anesthesia is a vital tool in modern medicine and CRNAs serve as experts in providing this medical service to patients. Proper planning creates the best possibility for surgical procedures to go well.

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ANESTHESIA PATIENT QUESTION: HOW DOES MY SLEEP APNEA AFFECT MY RISKS FOR SURGERY?

The Anesthesia Consultant

The video provides answers to individuals who have obstructive sleep apnea and are contemplating surgery and anesthesia. Patients with OSA frequently present for surgery, and all anesthesia professionals must be aware of the risks involved with anesthetizing OSA patient. The link to this video is HERE. And disclosure of meds?

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3 Tips for Improving Your Pre-Anesthesia Testing Processes

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

The reasons for low OR utilization rates are multifactorial, yet they often trace back to ineffective pre-anesthesia testing processes. The reasons for low OR utilization rates are multifactorial, yet they often trace back to ineffective pre-anesthesia testing processes. Take $120 and put it in the garbage. Wait a minute. Do it again.

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CODE BLUE – WHEN AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST PREMATURELY DEPARTS A FREESTANDING SURGERY CENTER

The Anesthesia Consultant

Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. This is every anesthesia provider’s nightmare. The patient has preoperative medical clearance from her internist.

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

The Anesthesia Consultant

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. An important question for many Americans is, “Is it safe for me to have surgery during this COVID pandemic?” It depends. Is testing for the virus that causes COVID-19 available in your area?

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