The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 26, 2022
What’s the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? After the first 3 – 4 years in the workforce, either one can master the manual skills of anesthesia. So what really is the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? The answer: internal medicine.
Salem Anesthesia
JUNE 12, 2023
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) serve an irreplaceable function on medical teams across the country. Following a procedure, the CRNA assists in transitioning patients to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists provided critical support for Anesthesiologists.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 10, 2016
Sugammadex reversal can make the duration of a rocuronium motor block almost as short acting as a succinylcholine motor block, and sugammadex can also eliminate complications in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit due to residual postoperative muscle paralysis. Grade = B-.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 22, 2018
I stay with the child until the anesthetic depth has dissipated, the breathing tube is removed, and the child is awake and safe with the recovery room nurse in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. My greatest joy of being a doctor comes immediately after the conclusion of a pediatric anesthetic.
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 28, 2018
The surgery proceeded as scheduled, with sevoflurane as maintenance anesthesia. At the conclusion of surgery, the patient was extubated awake and taken to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in stable condition. The patient was sedate, calm, comfortable, and tolerated the PACU care well.
The Anesthesia Consultant
JANUARY 19, 2017
Their patients are obtunded on arrival to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) after surgery, and they rely on the PACU nursing staff to complete the job of anesthesia wake up. Learn how to wake up patients promptly. Hibbing also happens to be the hometown of music icon Bob Dylan.
The Anesthesia Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Together with the orderlies, the nurse, and the surgeon, you slide the patient back over to the gurney, and begin to transport him out of the operating room. You and the nurse connect the patient to the same monitors you used in the operating room, and document that the vital signs within safe limits.
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