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LEARJET ANESTHESIA – THE EARLY DAYS OF HEART TRANSPLANTATION

The Anesthesia Consultant

One registered nurse had a fulltime job locating appropriate brain dead heart donors within a 60-90 minute Learjet trip from Stanford. A separate team of physicians and nurses was responsible for assembling a waitlist of prospective heart transplant recipients, and for arranging housing for them within the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Knowing Me, Knowing You: What Can We Learn From Familiar Surgical Teams?

Incision

Surgical care is the product of numerous interprofessional interactions, reflected in several key multidisciplinary teams. Neurosurgical teams reported fewer workflow disruptions in teams with high levels of surgeon-scrub nurse familiarity [ 11 ]. Better Clinical Outcomes? vs 10.0%), longer operative times, and a longer hospital stay.

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THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DOCTOR VITA BY RICK NOVAK

The Anesthesia Consultant

I haven’t worked with you before, Dr. Lucas,” said the circulating nurse, who stood at the patient’s side. “My I told the nursing supervisor I never wanted to work with Maggie.” The surgical resident and the scrub tech held suction catheters in the abdomen, but the stream of blood bubbled upward past the catheters.

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WHEN INTERNS AND RESIDENTS UNIONIZE

The Anesthesia Consultant

The CRONA (Committee for the Recognition of Nursing Achievement) nursing union at Stanford staged a strike beginning April 25, 2022 , just days ago. Offering more labor rights to medical residents would cost academic hospitals inordinate amounts of money.

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Everything You Need to Know About Surgical Physician Assistants

SpecialtyCare

Obtain a Bachelors Degree A career as Surgical Physician Assistants starts with earning a bachelors degree in a science-related field , such as: Biology Chemistry Health Sciences Pre-Medicine Most PA programs require applicants to have prerequisite coursework in anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and medical ethics. Passing the PANCE.

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SERIALIZATION OF THE DOCTOR AND MR. DYLAN… CHAPTER TWO

The Anesthesia Consultant

Melody was on the debate team and the varsity tennis team, and for three years she worked with Alzheimer patients at a nursing home in Palo Alto. Judith Chang turned her back on the operating room table, and peeled off her surgical gloves. The surgical resident would conclude the task of sewing the skin closed.