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A Day in the Life of a Surgery Nurse in the Operating Room (OR)

EARN Cares

Properly and safely positioning the patient for surgery to adequately expose the surgical site while preventing injuries and falls. Leading and participating in the official surgical time out to verify the correct patient, correct surgery, on the correct site, with all available supplies and instruments.

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HANGOVER AFTER GENERAL ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

Prior to surgery your patient tells you, “I always get a hangover after general anesthesia. Hangover after general anesthesia (HAGA) describes a patient who has a safe general anesthetic, but who then feels hungover, sedated, and wasted for a time period exceeding two hours afterwards. I sleep for hours and I’m nauseated.

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WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

The Anesthesia Consultant

An anesthesia machine, with the vital signs monitor screen on the left, and the electronic medical records computer screen on the right. His vital signs are heart rate = 100, BP = 150/80, respiratory rate = 20 breaths/minute, oxygen saturation 95% on room air, and temperature 100.2

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EXTUBATION IS RISKY BUSINESS. WHY THE CONCLUSION OF GENERAL ANESTHESIA CAN BE A CRITICAL EVENT

The Anesthesia Consultant

The most invasive type of airway tube used in anesthesia is called an endotracheal tube, or ET tube. At the onset of general anesthesia anesthesiologists place an ET tube through the mouth, past the larynx (voice box), and into the trachea (windpipe). If the patient has an ET tube, it is usually removed.

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WHEN SURGEONS, OR PATIENTS, TRY TO TELL THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST WHAT TO DO — 14 EXAMPLES

The Anesthesia Consultant

You’ve graduated from a residency program in which you learned the nuances of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative anesthesia practice. Just do MAC (Monitored Anesthesia Care) anesthesia for this case, but make sure he’s asleep. You’re a board-certified anesthesiologist. My patient doesn’t want to hear anything.”

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TEN COMMANDMENTS OF ANESTHESIA

The Anesthesia Consultant

anesthesia, I see commandments as guidelines for how to be a safe and excellent anesthesiologist. Based on forty years of clinical practice and administration in both community and academic anesthesiology, here are Ten Commandments of Anesthesia as I see them: Be a doctor, not a propofol technician.

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Surgical Data Integration vs. Operating Room Integration

Caresyntax

Data points are constantly being collected throughout the surgical continuum, such as: Electronic medical records. Pre- and post-operative vital signs. Surgical instrument usage and patterns. Anesthesia risk data. Pre-operative consultation findings. Video and imaging data. Diagnostic test results.