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Data-Driven Surgical Tray Optimization to Improve Operating Room Efficiency

OpFlow

Wood, MD, MBA, FACS ABSTRACT Surgical procedures account for over 60% of the operating cost of a hospital. Hospitals spend several million dollars a year on instrument sterilization, instrument tray assembly, and instrument repurchase costs. We perform extensive out-of-sample testing of our solution.

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ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACEĀ 

The Anesthesia Consultant

Astronauts will be trained in the insertion of IV cannulae, and the sampling of blood for diagnostic tests. Scientists have developed a system named IVGEN (Intravenous Fluid Generation) to prepare sterile IV normal saline from space station drinking water. Succinylcholine will not be used because of its ability to cause hyperkalemia.

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35 Nurse Resume Examples for 2024

EARN Cares

At EARN Cares, we've helped thousands of nurses through our peer-RN network and have taken our experience, lessons and adapted them below to help curate 36 sample nurse resume examples. View nurse midwife RN Sample Resume 5. View Critical care RN Sample Resume 7. View surgical services/operating room RN Sample Resume 8.

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12 MEDICAL INACCURACIES IN FAMOUS MOVIE SCENES. AN ANESTHESIOLOGISTā€™S ANALYSIS

The Anesthesia Consultant

We do send blood samples from a radial artery to a lab to diagnose blood levels, but the lab results take time to be processed. If youā€™re extremely sick and youā€™re having a high-risk procedure, the answer is yes. If you have a general anesthetic, do you have a 1 in 700 chance of being awake? Vertigo (1958).

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How Psychological State Affects the Operating Room (OR)

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

Surgeons use a Polar S710i heart rate monitor for continuous tracking, and saliva samples for cortisol analysis are collected before and after each surgery. The ISAT evaluates stress using both objective measures such as heart rate and cortisol levels, and subjective reports. Arora et al.