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ROBOTIC ANESTHESIA REALLY IS COMING

The Anesthesia Consultant

One of the changes our profession has gone through is an ever-increasing demand to multitask, be it by running more than one operating room, or by simultaneously performing administrative or teaching tasks. How will we do anesthesia in the future? Can I get a propofol, remifentanil-based anesthesia?

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3 Ways Surgical Providers Improve Patient Outcomes

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Additionally, these providers (like assistants) perform preoperative and postoperative duties that are essential to patient care. If you’re wondering how your hospital or surgery center could benefit from the integration of these professionals, here are three ways that they improve patient outcomes.

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PATIENTS: IS IT SAFE FOR YOU TO HAVE SURGERY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AS OF MAY 2020?

The Anesthesia Consultant

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. If the procedure was an outpatient surgery, you will leave the facility and return home after you’ve recovered from anesthesia. (The

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THE ART OF ANESTHESIA—A NEW TEXTBOOK, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

The Anesthesia Consultant

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.

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ZDoggMD MUSIC VIDEO TRASHES ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS

The Anesthesia Consultant

Nurses consistently have their backs to patients as they type, type, type data into computer terminals. In an operating room, the circulating nurse’s job is analogous to that of a court reporter/stenographer. As ZDoggMD points out in his video, the current EHR is a “glorified billing platform with some patient stuff tacked on.”

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PHYSICIAN TRAINING: TWO FORKS IN THE ROAD

The Anesthesia Consultant

Clinic doctors see multiple patients per day, perhaps 4-8 patients per day for psychiatrists, and up to 30 patients or more for some specialists such as allergists. Their job description includes teaching younger doctors and mentoring younger doctors in patient care. Will I Have a Breathing Tube During Anesthesia?

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HOW THE INTERNET CHANGED ANESTHESIOLOGY FOREVER

The Anesthesia Consultant

Anesthesiologists could chat with the surgeons and/or nurses, make an occasional phone call, and at times read materials they brought with them into the operating room. Major adverse events seldom occur during the middle of a general anesthetic of long duration on a healthy patient.