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Hidden head injury hazards expose cracks in OR safety culture

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Having been knocked out cold by a More ยป The post Hidden head injury hazards expose cracks in OR safety culture appeared first on OR Manager. One of the most sobering moments in the career of anesthesiologist Cornelius Sullivan, MD, occurred not as a caretaker in the OR, but as a patient in the emergency department.

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Anesthesia workforce challenges taking center stage

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Every year, OR Manager shines a light on staffing issues via the Salary/Career Survey. In this issue, two articles take a careful look at the career and profile of the perioperative leader in both inpatient More ยป The post Anesthesia workforce challenges taking center stage appeared first on OR Manager.

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Procedural sedation analgesia considerations for ASC leaders

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The promise of quicker recovery and fewer complications from sedation, anesthesia, and pain management have drawn clinicians and patients alike to procedures performed in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and More ยป The post Procedural sedation analgesia considerations for ASC leaders appeared first on OR Manager.

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Ambulatory endoscopy management strategies keep patients, finances healthy

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million times per year in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings as well as ambulatory surgery More ยป The post Ambulatory endoscopy management strategies keep patients, finances healthy appeared first on OR Manager. Performed more than 17.1

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MERITS OF PHYSICIAN ANESTHESIOLOGY

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He writes, โ€œOur specialty, anesthesia, has suffered an identity crisis for decades. Afterward the surgeon bellowed his disapproval regarding how the anesthesia team had failed to keep the patient alive after he had spent all day โ€œcuringโ€ the patient. The large medical systems of the future will tier their anesthesia coverage.

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The anesthesia staffing crisis: How we got here, what hospitals can do

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Last November, two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, reportedly had to cancel several hundred proceduresโ€”nearly all nonemergency surgeriesโ€”due to a shortage of anesthesia providers. This incident is just one More ยป The post The anesthesia staffing crisis: How we got here, what hospitals can do appeared first on OR Manager.