Nurse Jess

JANUARY 23, 2024

Happy CRNA Week 2024 A lot has happened The last two months I moved to San Diego Oh what joyous fun A lot of changes for my family and for me New preschool, grandparent help, New workplace A lot of things to learn “Reprogramming” I’d like to say Each NORA (Non-Operating Room Anesthesia) location Different than the next A lot of new people More than (..)

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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.” While these statements are intended to soothe patients during a stressful time, they gloss over this critical fact: Anesthesia is not like normal sleep at all.

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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. If the current trend of inadequate numbers of anesthesia clinicians in the United States is not reversed, this insufficient supply will be a major problem. of the population).

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Anesthesiology residents play an important role in the operating room (OR), assisting with patient care while also undergoing rigorous training to become skilled anesthesiologists. Their responsibilities encompass a range of tasks, from preoperative evaluations to the administration of anesthesia and postoperative care.

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Transforming Outcomes

JUNE 26, 2020

When you think of the operating room (OR), what comes to mind? Managing the room, including supplies, equipment, lighting and documentation. If patient status changes, you may have to switch what you are doing – stepping in to help anesthesia, for example. An intense and stressful work environment?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’m writing this review to inform anesthesia providers and laypersons regarding developments in the field of anesthesiology. Vladimir Nekhendzy, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Past President of the Society for Head and Neck Anesthesia, is the inventor of the Spiro device.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 15, 2024

It’s easier to train non-anesthesiologists (emergency room MDs, critical care internal medicine MDs, EMTs and helicopter trauma RNs) to use VL versus DL. For non-anesthesiologists, who will not undergo three years of anesthesia residency training to become DL experts, learning video laryngoscopy instead of direct laryngoscopy makes sense.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

Anesthesia is a hands-on specialty. 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. Since the development of the internet, anesthesia practice has changed forever.

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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 assessment is ASA II, and the plan is general endotracheal anesthesia. The patient consents.

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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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Ed Mariano

MAY 29, 2023

Annual meeting Vice-Chair Dr. Engy Said put together a fantastic point-of-care ultrasound and regional anesthesia workshop on Thursday. Mason as well as some other inspirational anesthesiologists, see these video interviews posted by Dr. Allison Fernandez for the Women of Impact in Anesthesiology project.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Anesthesia is not the career for you if you like to sleep late—surgery always begins at 0730 hours). The scrubs are enclosed in a device not dissimilar to a soda machine, and you need your ID to operate it. Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room.

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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. Your patient is in mid-surgery, and you receive a call from the Anesthesia Control Tower that the patient’s blood pressure is too low, your blood transfusion replacement is inadequate, and that the patient is in danger.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 31, 2015

An anesthesia emergency occurs without warning. You need the ultimate anesthesia emergency guidebook. That ultimate guidebook is the S tanford Emergency Manual of Cognitive Aids for Perioperative Critical Events S , written by the Stanford Anesthesia Cognitive Aid Group. Your patient’s vital signs are dropping.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 23, 2020

Today’s post demonstrates making a reusable N95 mask from common inexpensive operating room supplies. The video is posted here. The required parts are an operating room anesthesia mask and a ventilator in-line bacterial/viral filter: The mask assembly is held over your face with elastic straps.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

He writes, “Our specialty, anesthesia, has suffered an identity crisis for decades. 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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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

CardioPulmonary Resuscitation in the Operating Room The Stanford Emergency Manual has become an essential reference for anesthesiologists. One can also order a laminated 8½ x 11½-inch version of the Manual to hang in each operating room. Both were published in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia.

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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. Their role in maintaining the flow of operations cannot be overstated.

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MEDITEK

JANUARY 26, 2022

With so many options for premium operating tables, you may find it challenging to select a surgical table for your hospital. However, the operating tables market is growing and will reach US $1,043.41 With this forecasted growth rate, you need to know how to quickly find the best surgical tables for your operating room (OR).

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

There are Two Laws of Anesthesia, according to surgeon lore. Surgeons work with physician anesthesiologists, with certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), or with an anesthesia care team that includes both physician anesthesiologists and CRNAs. Anesthesiologists typically spend 90+% of their working hours in the operating room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2020

The February 2020 edition of Anesthesiology , our specialty’s preeminent journal, published an article on robotic anesthesia. 1 The accompanying editorial by Dr. Thomas Hemmerling was titled “Robots Will Perform Anesthesia in the Near Future. ” robotic) anesthesia is at least as good as the best human anesthesia.

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Somnia

MAY 31, 2024

Anesthesia departments are crucial to the success of operating rooms (ORs). Ensuring your anesthesia team excels in both areas is vital. Here are five warning signs that your anesthesia team might be underperforming: 1. Here are five warning signs that your anesthesia team might be underperforming: 1.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Every anesthesia provider must learn to free-solo anesthesia early in his or her career. A typical hospital will have dozens of other anesthesia providers working in the same building. Commercial aviation is sometimes compared to anesthesia practice. In anesthesia there is no guaranteed second anesthesiologist.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

Learjet anesthesia? Yes, anesthesia can be a glamorous specialty. 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.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Imagine this scenario: You’ve just finished anesthetizing a patient in a hospital setting, and the patient now requires transport from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). This is a reasonable policy, but what if anesthesia patient transport to the PACU lasts 4 minutes and 59 seconds (i.e.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 17, 2015

You’ve found The Anesthesia Consultant website, so you have some interest in anesthesia. The truth is: a career in anesthesia involves unique demands that most people would not seek, tolerate, or ever grow accustomed to. An operating room emergency is not a time for screaming, temper tantrums, or freezing.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2017

A bell-shaped curve exists for the abilities of anesthesia doctors as well. I’ve been practicing anesthesia since the mid 1980s. I’ve met and worked alongside hundreds of anesthesia colleagues from all corners of the globe. Planning anesthesia care, based on your training, experience, and knowledge, is critical.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Their role is crucial for ensuring a smooth operation, but what exactly do they do, and why are they so essential in cardiovascular surgeries? Some of their main tasks include: Preparing the Operating Room : Surgical assistants ensure all equipment is sterile and ready. They position the patient for optimal access to the heart.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Crucial Role of Surgical Assistants in Plastic Surgery Surgical assistants are indispensable in the operating room, handling tasks that are critical to the success of any procedure. Postoperative Care: Assisting with closing incisions, applying dressings, and ensuring patient comfort as they recover from anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 4, 2024

Ability can also be evidenced the quality of the anesthesia residency/fellowship training program you’ve completed, as well as the medical school you’ve graduated from. Do you think patients want a friendly anesthesiologist who is all thumbs in the operating room? Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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Salem Anesthesia

JUNE 12, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll provide an insider’s perspective on a CRNA’s exciting and rewarding career by highlighting their daily responsibilities, how they overcome challenges, and their tremendous impact on patient care and the health field. To begin, it’s essential to understand the role of a CRNA.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

An anesthesia residency is three years long, preceded by one year of internship. One year after medical school, the same graduate who just completed twelve months of internship now reaches perhaps an even more difficult transition—the first months of anesthesia residency. After ten minutes, he left to pursue other duties.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 12, 2015

In the operating room, you induce anesthesia with your standard recipe of 2 mg of midazolam, 100 mcg of fentanyl, 200 mg of propofol, and 40 mg of rocuronium, and intubate the trachea. Let’s look at the anesthesia literature to learn what has been described about this problem. Her blood pressure is 150/90 on admission.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

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. You will wear a mask in the preoperative room, and that mask will remain on your face until just prior to the induction of anesthesia.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2020

My experience in Quality assurance/Quality improvement programs includes: Stanford University Hospital QA Committee (Care Review Committee), 1997 – 2009 Stanford University Anesthesia QA Committee, 2002 – 2009, and Waverley Surgery Center QI Committee (Chairman), 2002 – present. The patient had an immediate cardiac arrest.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The capacity to deliver this much oxygen to a non-intubated patient is a marked advance in anesthesia care. Patel has been a pioneer in bringing HFNO/THRIVE from the ICU into the operating room. Widespread adoption of HFNO as routine therapy in the operating room is still lacking. I was—in a word—flabbergasted.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

There are hundreds of anesthesia textbooks, but which current books are the gold standards for anesthesia knowledge? Digital access to all this written expertise can be at your fingertips anywhere, including in the operating room suite. ebook $165.29, hardcover $126.17) The Stanford Emergency Manual.

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