The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

Even though the patient was brain dead, it was imperative to maintain his or her vital signs and oxygenation at optimal levels to preserve the cardiac function for the eventual recipient. We’d arrive in the operating room—a room we’d never seen or worked in before—and prepare the patient for surgery. At this point my work began.

Anesthesia 52

Anesthesia Operating Room Vital Signs Post-Anesthesia 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2019

After a surgery is finished, anesthetic gases and intravenous anesthesia drugs are discontinued, and the patient wakes up within 5 to 15 minutes. The surgery concluded 2 hours later and the anesthetics were discontinued. An 80-year-old female presented for elective right elbow surgery. Five minutes later she opened her eyes.

General Anesthesia 52

General Anesthesia Anesthesia Anesthesiologist Post-Anesthesia 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 27, 2017

Then he injects her IV with a syringe of adrenaline, and leaves the vital signs monitor on. The vital signs monitor shows her heart rate suddenly change to zero as she dies. The vital signs monitor continues to emit a soft high-pitched tone, but there’s no one else around to hear it.

Vital Signs 52

Vital Signs General Anesthesia Anesthesia Post-Anesthesia 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

For healthy patients undergoing elective surgery the anesthetic risks are minimal, and are similar to the risks of driving on a freeway in an automobile. In an anesthesia care team, a physician anesthesiologist supervises up to four operating rooms and each operating room is staffed with a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA).

Anesthesiologist 52

Anesthesiologist Operating Room General Anesthesia Post-Anesthesia 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

If something dire goes wrong during anesthesia and surgery and the flow of oxygen to the brain is cut off, an anesthesia practitioner has about five minutes to diagnose the cause of the problem and treat it. A 40-year-old male presented for outpatient septoplasty surgery. His preoperative vital signs were normal.

Post-Anesthesia 52

Post-Anesthesia Anesthesia Anesthesiologist Vital Signs 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2017

Operating rooms The best current example of robot technology in the operating room is the da Vinci operating robot, used primarily in urology and gynecologic surgery. 12 Important Things to Know as You Near the End of Your Anesthesia Training Should You Cancel Surgery For a Blood Pressure = 178/108?

Post-Anesthesia 52

Post-Anesthesia Anesthesia Operating Room Nurse Practitioner 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

The procedure does not require a breathing tube, so we’ll administer the sedation and be vigilant regarding what happens to the patient’s vital signs. 12 Important Things to Know as You Near the End of Your Anesthesia Training Should You Cancel Surgery For a Blood Pressure = 178/108?

Blood Oxygenation Levels 52

Blood Oxygenation Levels Post-Anesthesia Anesthesia General Anesthesia 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 26, 2018

When a patient needs an epidural for surgery, the recipe of bupivicaine or lidocaine +/- narcotic is unchanged from the 1990s. What about monitors of vital signs? Administering local anesthetic injections adjacent to major nerves grants non-narcotic pain relief to thousands of patients following orthopedic surgeries.

Anesthesia 52

Anesthesia General Anesthesia Post-Anesthesia Vital Signs 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 23, 2016

Possible anesthesia professionals include a physician anesthesiologist, a dental anesthesiologist, or an oral surgeon (who is trained in both surgery and anesthesia). MONITORING THE PATIENT: The patient should have all the same monitors an anesthesiologist would use in a hospital or a surgery center. The dentist begins the surgery.

General Anesthesia 52

General Anesthesia Anesthesia Post-Anesthesia Anesthesiologist 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 2, 2018

Prior to surgery your patient tells you, “I always get a hangover after general anesthesia. Painful surgeries require more narcotics, which can lead to more nauseated patients. If the surgery isn’t painful, an anesthesia provider can work to eliminate postoperative narcotics, and minimize both PONV and HAGA.

General Anesthesia 52

General Anesthesia Anesthesia Incision Post-Anesthesia 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

All the anesthesiologists were single practitioners, that is, they were not part of an anesthesia care team with a nurse anesthetist. Projection errors also included procedures taking place in inappropriate environments, such as very sick patients having surgery in an office or an outpatient surgery center.

Anesthesia 52

Anesthesia Post-Anesthesia General Anesthesia Operating Room 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 12, 2015

My son was in trouble, and I was stuck in surgery, unable to leave. I scanned the operating room monitors and confirmed that her vital signs were perfect. I had to make a decision: should I call him now, or attend to my anesthetic and call after the surgery was over? Her life was my responsibility. What is it, son?”

Operating Room 52

Operating Room Operation Vital Signs Nurse Anesthetist 52

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2015

I didn’t have a 42-inch monitor displaying Johnny’s vital signs, but I knew my son’s blood pressure was escalating. The next day I dragged myself through five routine surgeries although I was so angry it took all my will to concentrate on my craft. You know I’m not,” he sneered. Of course, Mom.”

Anesthesia 52

Anesthesia Anesthesiologist Operating Room Post-Anesthesia 52