The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2017

You drive to the hospital to find the patient has already had a stat MRI of his spine, and the diagnosis was a perispinal hematoma at L3. Neurosurgeons have taken him to the operating room to drain the hematoma and decompress the spinal column. These hematomas may result in long-term or permanent paralysis.

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Gomer: Anesthesiology

MAY 25, 2020

That’s why we have circulating nurses in the OR.” said Willing Accomplice, the room’s circulating nurse. Shortly after, the spinal anesthetic wore off and the patient was quickly placed under general anesthesia. Apart from paralysis as a result of a spinal epidural hematoma, the procedure was a resounding success.

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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. The PACU nurse’s name is Gloria, and she is new to this surgical facility. The anesthesiologist is alarmed.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The surgeon arrived and attempted to perform an emergency surgical airway, at which time the anesthesiologist successfully intubated the patient’s trachea as the hematoma was drained. Why Did Take Me So Long To Wake From General Anesthesia? Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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