Post-Anesthesia Care Surgery Vital Signs 
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 anesthesiologist meets the patient prior to the surgery, reviews the chart, and examines the patient.
DFW Anesthesia Professionals
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
This portion of the resident’s role is crucial as it ensures the patient is well prepared for a safe surgery. They closely monitor the patient’s vital signs, such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and body fluid balance. Guidelines for Resident Experience in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.”
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
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). It’s common for zero monitoring equipment to be attached to the patient. We need pulse oximetry monitoring.
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 first surgery today is a procedure devised to treat obstructive sleep apnea, a procedure called a maxillary-mandibular osteotomy. The surgery will take approximately three hours. I’ll remove the tube when you wake up.
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2020
Anesthesiologists are responsible for your medical care before, during, and after surgeries. Today I’ll walk you through an example anesthetic which shows how an anesthesiologist approaches the challenges of a difficult surgical problem: emergency non-cardiac surgery in a patient with heart disease.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MARCH 31, 2015
An anesthesia emergency occurs without warning. Your patient’s vital signs are dropping. 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.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 2, 2023
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. A press article describing the ACT states: “Surgery is a big insult to the human body. A lot can go wrong.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
52 
Let's personalize your content