Anesthesiologist General Anesthesia Patient Care 
The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 26, 2022
What’s the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? After the first 3 – 4 years in the workforce, either one can master the manual skills of anesthesia. So what really is the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? The answer: internal medicine.
The Anesthesia Consultant
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
Hypertension, heart problems, obesity, and sleep apnea are problems for the patient’s internal medicine doctor, not for the dermatologist. But one large subset of anesthesia work closely mimics the lifestyle of dermatology practice. The duration of training for an anesthesiologist and a dermatologist is identical.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 13, 2020
The inside of the healthcare facility will be cleaned prior to any patient care, and will be recleaned after each patient leaves an operating room. You will wear a mask in the preoperative room, and that mask will remain on your face until just prior to the induction of anesthesia.
The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 23, 2016
There are alternate textbooks, e.g. Miller’s Anesthesia , which contain an encyclopedic knowledge of our specialty, but the new Larson and Jaffe book will teach you how to improve and enhance your patient care. Between them, Larson and Jaffe have taught hundreds of anesthesia residents the finer points of clinical care.
The Anesthesia Consultant
APRIL 12, 2021
Perhaps his anesthesiologist knows. Prior to administering an anesthetic, it would be important for the anesthesiologist to know the toxicology screen results in any patient who just survived such an accident. If stimulant drugs were present, the patient may have tolerance and/or increased anesthetic dose requirements.
The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Particularly in acute care, the computer keyboard and screen have no place between an anesthesiologist and his patient, an emergency room physician and his patient, an ICU doctor and his patient, or an ICU nurse and her patient. The economics don’t add up, and have nothing to do with patient care.
The Anesthesia Consultant
JULY 6, 2023
To find a specific article required a dive into the archives of the library, with the eventual reward of finding the specific article and then photocopying it to use for your pending lecture, paper, or patient care. Look to Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine as the leading journal in this vital subspecialty of anesthesiology.
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