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WHO WILL BE PROVIDING ANESTHESIA CARE 10 YEARS FROM NOW?

The Anesthesia Consultant

The Center for Anesthesia Workforce Studies estimates that current clinically active anesthesia professionals are made up of 43,500 anesthesiologists, 50,000 nurse anesthetists, and 3,200 anesthesiologist assistants. The net decrease in MD anesthesiologists was 2500 – 1900 = 600.

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Becoming An Anesthesiologist

Salem Anesthesia

An anesthesiologist is a medical doctor who plays a critical role in the preparation, execution, and recovery stages of surgery. Additionally, the anesthesiologist leads teams of certified registered nurse anesthetists ( CRNA s) and certified anesthesiologist assistants (CAAs).

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13 MAJOR CHANGES IN ANESTHESIOLOGY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS

The Anesthesia Consultant

ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS (AAs) – The American Society of Anesthesiologists is championing the idea of training AAs to work with physician anesthesiologists in an anesthesia care team model.

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CRNA Week Celebrates Innovative Leaders Who Provide Exceptional Care to Patients in Pa.

PANA

The proposed use of anesthesiologist assistants (AAs) is unproven in terms of anesthesia care and creates major liability issues for hospitals and other practitioners. And, because AAs cannot practice apart from anesthesiologists who supervise them, it is the most expensive anesthesia care delivery models.

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Looking Back At 2024

RK.MD

Training our own anesthesiologist assistant students in didactics and clinicals has been a rewarding experience. This year, I was inducted into the Academy of Master Educators and became the medical director of our organ donor specialty care unit (DSCU).