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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room. Your hospital contains multiple operating rooms, and today you are in room #10. Then we’ll roll down the hallway into the operating room. and to bring your cell phone with you.

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Lumbar Discectomy: The Crucial Role of Surgical Assistants in Spine Surgery

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

During the surgery, the surgeon makes a small incision and removes part of the disc to relieve pain and improve mobility. They ensure that the operating room is properly prepared, setting up sterilized instruments and positioning the patient. This prep work allows the surgeon to focus entirely on the procedure.

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WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… 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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LEARJET ANESTHESIA – THE EARLY DAYS OF HEART TRANSPLANTATION

The Anesthesia Consultant

Norman Shumway MD PhD, a Stanford surgical professor and legend, invented the heart transplantation procedure and performed the first heart transplant in the USA on January 6, 1968 in operating room 13 of Stanford University Hospital. At this point my work began. A rib-spreader was used to widen the cavity and improve visualization.

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THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ANESTHESIOLOGIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY

The Anesthesia Consultant

Prior to the pulse oximeter, anesthesiologists had only unreliable measures of tissue oxygenation, such as observing how red the blood seemed when the surgeon made the initial incision into the patient. The remaining operating rooms would proceed without oximetry. Undetected hypoxia could present as a sudden cardiac arrest.

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How AI is Transforming Surgery for a New Era of Patient Care

Caresyntax

Predictive Analytics for Proactive Care: AI algorithms can analyze vast amounts of patient data, including medical history, pre-operative scans, and even real-time vital signs, to predict potential complications before they arise.

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Everything You Need to Know About Surgical Physician Assistants

SpecialtyCare

These professionals handle a variety of tasks, including performing preoperative assessments, assisting in the operating room, and managing postoperative care. They are crucial members of the surgical team, ensuring that operations run smoothly while improving patient outcomes. Their responsibilities include: 1.