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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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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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HIGH FLOW NASAL OXYGEN: AN ANESTHESIA GAME-CHANGER

The Anesthesia Consultant

The capacity to deliver this much oxygen to a non-intubated patient is a marked advance in anesthesia care. We extended the apnea times of 25 patients with difficult airways who were undergoing general anesthesia for hypopharyngeal or laryngotracheal surgery. The product was called Optiflow. I was—in a word—flabbergasted.

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THE ANESTHESIA CONTROL TOWER: BIG BROTHER OR FRIEND?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Your patient is in mid-surgery, and you receive a call from the Anesthesia Control Tower that the patient’s blood pressure is too low, your blood transfusion replacement is inadequate, and that the patient is in danger. Louis, Missouri are studying a novel system they call the Anesthesia Control Tower (ACT). What do you do?

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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. Risks of anesthesia and the OSA patient?

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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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AUDIT TRAILS = THE BIG BROTHER OF MEDICAL CARE  

The Anesthesia Consultant

Every time a healthcare provider clicks his or her mouse on an EMR, that click is recorded by the Orwellian Big Brother of Medical Care, the audit trail. The audit trail is NOT part of the EMR printout, and it’s not visible on the EMR patient care screen that we healthcare providers see.