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Role of Anesthesiology Residents in the OR

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

Anesthesiology residents play an important role in the operating room (OR), assisting with patient care while also undergoing rigorous training to become skilled anesthesiologists. The role of anesthesiology residents in the OR helps ensure patient safety and optimize surgical outcomes. Role of the Anesthesiologist.”.

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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. Leverage technology.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

One of my readers asked me to describe a day in the life of an anesthesiologist, as he was considering a career in anesthesiology. Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring., To the contrary, in our practice we physician anesthesiologists start the IVs ourselves.

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TRENDS FOR THE FUTURE OF ANESTHESIOLOGY

The Anesthesia Consultant

I’m writing this from the perspective of a busy clinician who has worked as an anesthesiologist in California in both private practice and at a major university hospital for over 30 years. A generation ago an anesthesiologist started a case and finished that case. An on-call anesthesiologist came to work at 7 a.m.,

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THE RISK OF ANESTHESIA PATIENT TRANSPORT 

The Anesthesia Consultant

An anesthesiologist can easily make a diagnosis of inadequate breathing if a patient is connected to a pulse oximeter. The above list is not exhaustive and monitoring for transportation may be instituted for any patient at the discretion of the anesthesiologist. a long transport, but less than 5 minutes to the recovery area)?

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ROBOTIC ANESTHESIA REALLY IS COMING

The Anesthesia Consultant

First, there was manual transmission, then automatic transmission, double clutch systems, navigation systems, all sorts of safety assist systems…soon, there will be self-driving cars. It is 2030 and I am scheduled to supervise anesthesia for a 40-yr-old patient undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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FREE SOLO

The Anesthesia Consultant

The 2018 movie Free Solo showcases Alex Honnold as he became the first person to free solo climb the 3000-feet high El Capitan wall of granite in Yosemite National Park without ropes or safety gear. FREE SOLO movie poster 2018 Believe it or not, but Free Solo could have been an anesthesiologist’s movie. Working alone may be less safe.