The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2016

Just as taxi cab drivers are being supplanted by Uber and Lyft, cheaper models of anesthesia care are popping up, and the penetration of these models into the future marketplace is unknown. One model is having a CRNA do the anesthetic independently without any physician anesthesiologist present.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 10, 2016

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE FOR CRNAs – Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine. In a two-year training program, an ICU nurse can learn to administer propofol and sevoflurane, and how to intubate most patients, and become a CRNA. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

You may have nausea after general anesthesia. You’ll wake up reasonably comfortable, but as the general anesthesia wears off you’ll likely experience the onset of pain. You tape the patients eyes closed so that they do not dry out under general anesthesia. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2019

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). Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. of the 1175 anesthesia-related malpractice claims in the United States were attributed to PACU events.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

In anesthesia care team models, in which a Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) is physically present in the operating room while being supervised by an attending physician anesthesiologist, the MD anesthesiologist can be summoned to return to the operating room in seconds if a problem arises. What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In an anesthesia care team, a physician anesthesiologist supervises up to four operating rooms and each operating room is staffed with a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). In seventeen “opt-out” states in America a solitary CRNA can attend to a patient without any physician anesthesiologist backup. Sound scary?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 12, 2023

INTRAOPERATIVE DECISION A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension is having a knee arthroscopy surgery under general anesthesia. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia? What Are the Common Anesthesia Medications? No, not really.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

An anesthesiologist’s knowledge of internal medicine isn’t as comprehensive as a board-certified internist, but the consider the flip side: None of the internists can administer general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or manage the A of the A-B-Cs like an anesthesiologist can. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2017

This is what the anesthesia experience is like for most patients: You show up for surgery, and some anesthesia professional you’ve never met or talked to appears 10 minutes before you are to be wheeled into the operating room. The anesthesia professional might be an MD, a CRNA, or both a MD and a CRNA might be involved.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In a minority of states (19 of the 50 states) in America, governors made it legal for an unsupervised CRNA to provide anesthesia care. Are CRNAs and anesthesiologists equals? This is despite the fact that there is an oversupply of CRNAs in the western United States. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Anesthesiologists in training, practicing anesthesiologists, and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) must receive hands-on education on performing front of neck access, as well as the reasoning behind not delaying the procedure. You’re an anesthesiologist or a CRNA. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

Will your anesthesia professional be a physician anesthesiologist, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), or an anesthesia care team made up of both? If an anesthesia care team is attending to you, how many rooms is each physician anesthesiologist supervising? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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OR Manager

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Last November, two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, reportedly had to cancel several hundred procedures—nearly all nonemergency surgeries—due to a shortage of anesthesia providers. This incident is just one More » The post The anesthesia staffing crisis: How we got here, what hospitals can do appeared first on OR Manager.

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