walkerproject

JANUARY 20, 2021

The operating room area is confronted with a variety of challenges in everyday life. Originally controlled primarily by the surgeon, the operating room has become a service platform run by many professional groups. The operating room management/coordination is responsible for the day-to-day management and coordination.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Placing a catheter into the tiny radial artery in a child’s wrist is one of the most difficult procedures in our specialty. Wearing smart glasses improved the anesthesiologist’s first-attempt success rate, and reduced the procedure time and complication rates. The average internal diameter of the radial artery is 1.2 ± 0.3

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BFW Inc.

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Healthcare organizations may be deterred from using surgical cameras in the operating room for numerous reasons, including high equipment costs, potential workflow disruption, and patient privacy concerns. However, the impact surgical videos have on clinical performance, patient outcomes, and efficiency are invaluable.

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

JANUARY 8, 2024

Many factors affect the operating room (OR) and surgery success, ranging from patient-related factors to resource-related factors to even clinician-related factors. In the operating room (OR), teamwork is crucial for ensuring patient safety. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, Oct. Arora et al. 24–30, [link] 2.

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SpecialtyCare

MARCH 15, 2025

From sterile processing and perfusion services to intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) and surgical assistants, hospital surgical support teams are the unsung heroes behind every successful operation. SpecialtyCare employs highly trained surgical neurophysiologists to monitor nerve activity during procedures. Why Is It Important?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. Evolution of Procedures and Procedural Areas Procedures that used to be hospital-based have increasingly moved into outpatient settings and physician’s offices. of the population).

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Clemson

MAY 30, 2022

The Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-Centered Design in the Operating Room (RIPCHD.OR) learning lab uses a socio-technical approach incorporating human factors engineering and evidence-based design principles to create an optimal ergonomically sound operating room that results in improved patient and staff safety.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 25, 2022

This was a landmark paper on the topic of anesthesiologist:CRNA staffing ratios, which documented that having physician anesthesiologists direct three or four operating rooms simultaneously for major noncardiac inpatient surgical procedures increased the 30-day risks of patient morbidity and mortality. Yes, it does.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

DECEMBER 27, 2024

By combining their expertise, surgeries can become more efficient, outcomes can improve, and healthcare facilities can operate seamlessly. When professionals work together, they enhance the operating room dynamic. Together, they enhance patient safety, streamline procedures, and reduce costs for healthcare facilities.

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Ed Mariano

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Just before the start of anesthesia, a patient may hear the operating room nurse saying, “Think of a nice dream as you go off to sleep.” The anesthesia plan will guide your care during your procedure and throughout your recovery. “You will be asleep for your surgery,” anesthesiologists often reassure their patients.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Will it be a nurse or will it be a physician? Very few patients die in the operating room, but significant numbers die in the weeks that follow. At times, physician anesthesiologists employ certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to assist them in what is called the anesthesia care team (ACT) model.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) nurses are the unsung heroes of surgery centers. Their critical role begins as soon as patients leave the operating room and continues until they are stable enough to recover at home or in a hospital room. PACU nurses contribute significantly to this efficiency.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 12, 2020

During this COVID crisis, intensive care unit and emergency room doctors and nurses in hotspots like New York City have dangerous, exhausting jobs keeping coronavirus patients alive. A minority of doctors and nurses are saddled with these dangerous around-the-clock jobs battling the disease in ICUs and ERs.

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LeanBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

in an operating room, just before the last procedure of a long day that had been full of delays. The nurse is also concerned they […] The post Instead of Urging Your Employees to Be Brave, Help Them Feel Safe Speaking Up by Mark Graban appeared first at Lean Blog. It's 9 p.m.

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EARN Cares

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As a registered nurse, you would think that all this technology supporting the hiring process of nurses would lead to improvements or faster response times but if you have ever spent time on a single application website then you know the frustration and effort that simply goes to waste. What a disaster?!

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

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. The patient enters the operating room at 0730 hours. The patient consents.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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. The patient will probably already have an IV in their arm, placed by a registered nurse. (To

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 1, 2024

Anesthesiologists are likely to have: A preference for being in an operating room rather than in a clinic. Most of the time an anesthesiologist works in the operating room. A busy surgeon may work in the operating room two or three days per week. Operating room medicine requires action.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Spine surgeries are intricate, demanding procedures that require the precision of a well-coordinated surgical team. While the surgeon often takes the spotlight, the success of these procedures relies heavily on the seamless collaboration of key players behind the scenes.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

Anesthesiologists could chat with the surgeons and/or nurses, make an occasional phone call, and at times read materials they brought with them into the operating room. Every hospital operating room is equipped with a computer connected to the internet. Love it or hate it, the EMR is here to stay.

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Salem Anesthesia

JUNE 12, 2023

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) serve an irreplaceable function on medical teams across the country. They play a crucial role in healthcare by ensuring patient safety and comfort before, during, and after surgical procedures. Proper planning creates the best possibility for surgical procedures to go well.

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Pima Medical Institute

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This education path includes broader curriculum and more in-depth coverage of subjects like anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, surgical procedures and hands-on practical skills. Responsibilities in the Operating Room Surgical Technologists : Surgical technologists have a comprehensive role.

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NSAA

MAY 17, 2021

The performance of certain complicated procedures often requires technical expertise on the part of both surgeon and the surgical assistant. Having properly certified assistants at surgery usually makes the operation go faster, safer and smoothly. RVUs, do not directly define provider compensation in dollar amounts.

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Picis

JUNE 17, 2024

Unfamiliarity with the procedure, mountains of paperwork, and unanswered questions can leave patients feeling anxious and overwhelmed. Imagine learning about your procedure through user-friendly animations and videos at your own pace and in the comfort of your home. Undergoing surgery can be a stressful experience.

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American Surgical Professionals

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ A merican Surgical Professionals, a surgical staffing company, announces the launch of two additional services for the operating room; Outsourcing Solutions and Locum Tenens. ” Outsourcing Solutions can reduce operating costs by 25-40% without sacrificing the quality of care.

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Somnia

MAY 31, 2024

Anesthesia departments are crucial to the success of operating rooms (ORs). Clinical Inefficiencies Clinical inefficiencies can manifest as non-compliance with internal and external standards, policies, procedures, and best practices. Lookout for: A trend toward severe post-operative nausea and vomiting.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The healthcare industry is always evolving, and one trend making waves is the increasing demand for surgical assistants and Registered Nurse First Assistants (RNFAs) through staffing agencies. To meet these demands, facilities are increasingly turning to surgical assistants and RNFAs for support in the operating room.

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RASA Training

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Even in the very early stages of surgery when the local barber cut hair, shaved beards AND performed surgical procedures that the surgeon needed the extra helping hands of an assistant. Following this, the military formed a new profession called ORT (Operating Room Technician).

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

When you enter the healthcare facility, a nurse will question you regarding virus symptoms, and will screen you by taking your temperature. 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.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

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. Note that the anesthesia transport team member was only an anesthesia fellow or a resident.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

Louis Imagine this: You’re an anesthesiologist in the operating room at a busy hospital. A team led by an attending anesthesiologist uses remote monitoring to provide evidence-based support to anesthesia colleagues in all the operating rooms. The Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St.

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Gomer: Anesthesiology

MAY 25, 2020

That’s why we have circulating nurses in the OR.” said Willing Accomplice, the room’s circulating nurse. The procedure was completed uneventfully after the surgeon, Dr. Millerstein ducked, administered intramuscular ketamine to Dr. Annuloplasty, and a major crisis was averted.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

MARCH 20, 2023

As the demand for surgical procedures continues to increase, so too does the need for qualified surgical assistants in the operating room (OR). If you’re a nurse who runs a surgery center or a surgeon who needs qualified help in the OR, Platinum Medical Staffing is here to help.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Are we physicians or are we glorified advanced practice nurses?” In the late 1970’s I was a third-year medical student at a prominent Midwestern medical school, where an unspoken rank system existed in the operating room. Read my column on bullying in the operating room. Hold your heads high.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

AUGUST 19, 2024

The high stress, long hours, and emotional strain of the job can take a significant toll on nurses, surgical techs, and surgical assistants. Nurses, surgical techs, and surgical assistants are particularly vulnerable due to their demanding roles and the critical nature of their work. How Platinum Medical Staffing Makes a Difference 1.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

APRIL 5, 2023

At Platinum Medical Staffing, we understand the crucial role that surgical assistants play in the operating room, and the importance of having a reliable and qualified team to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.

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walkerproject

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This is not about the capacity of the individual clinics, the operating room or the emergency room. Tanja Albert, the ward manager of ward A, reports: “We have to block beds today because a nurse is absent at short notice. Eventually, patient Schwarz arrives too late in the operating room.

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