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The Vital Role of a Cardiothoracic Surgical First Assistant in Modern Healthcare

SpecialtyCare

The CSFA is not just a passive participant in the operating room; they are an active collaborator who anticipates the surgeons needs, manages surgical instruments, and assists with critical tasks such as suturing, tissue manipulation, and hemostasis (control of bleeding). Ensuring proper wound care and dressing application.

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Perioperative Medicine: A Value-Driven Strategy for Hospital Growth and Efficiency

Somnia

Moreover, these unrecognized or underrecognized secondary diagnoses reduce operating room efficiency by leading to cause delays and cancellations. A general truth is that surgeons prefer operating, primary care clinicians prefer managing chronic medical conditions, and anesthesiologists prefer being in the operating room.

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The Essential Role of Hospital Surgical Support in Modern Healthcare

SpecialtyCare

Hospital surgical support encompasses a wide range of specialized services designed to assist surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses in performing successful surgical procedures. Prevents surgical site infections (SSIs) , a leading cause of post-operative complications. What Is Hospital Surgical Support? Why Is It Important?

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CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP IN THE OPERATING ROOM

The Anesthesia Consultant

Who is the Captain of the Ship in the operating room, the surgeon or the anesthesiologist? The Captain of the Ship doctrine was a 20 th century legal doctrine which held that, in an operating room, the surgeon was “liable for all actions conducted in the course of the operation.”

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RFK RECOMMENDS WEARABLES FOR ALL. WHERE’S THE DATA?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Anesthesiologists watch vital sign monitors continuously in the operating room every day, and have more experience following vital sign abnormalities minute-to-minute than other physicians. The blood oxygen level, or oxygen saturation level, is equivalent to what a pulse oximeter measures in the operating room.

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ANESTHESIOLOGISTS COVERING THREE OR FOUR OPERATING ROOMS AT ONCE CAN INCREASE RISKS 

The Anesthesia Consultant

JAMA Surgery published the study “ Association of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio With Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality ” on July 22, 2022. The physician-CRNA team, otherwise known as an anesthesia care team, is a model strongly supported by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

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Maximizing Operating Room Efficiency

Concordia Anesthesiology

link] Efficient Case Scheduling - Secret to a Well-Run OR Operating room costs can be categorized as fixed or variable. Variable costs are largely driven by caseload and associated labor costs that occur outside of normal operational hours. Anesthesiologists, surgeons, and other clinical team members must arrive on time.