Hematoma Nurse Procedure 
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 18, 2017
You discuss the procedure of a blood patch and he says, “Yes, that’s what I need. 3 You explain the blood patch procedure and its risks to the patient, he signs a consent, and you perform the blood patch within the hour. You withdraw the Tuohy needle and announce to the patient that the procedure is over. The patient objects.
Gomer: Anesthesiology
MAY 25, 2020
That’s why we have circulating nurses in the OR.” said Willing Accomplice, the room’s circulating nurse. The procedure was completed uneventfully after the surgeon, Dr. Millerstein ducked, administered intramuscular ketamine to Dr. Annuloplasty, and a major crisis was averted.
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Symmetry Surgical
JULY 4, 2016
However, if a surgeon or nurse refers to an ESU (electrosurgicl unit) as their Bovie, it needs to say Bovie® on the face of the unit. A Bovie electrosurgical unit or battery operated cautery, enables surgeons to select the optimal instrument for a specific procedure, providing the greatest potential for a successful outcome.
The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
The anesthesiologist and the operating room nurse transport the patient to the PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit), where the patient is connected to the standard monitors of pulse oximetry, ECG, blood pressure, and temperature. The PACU nurse’s name is Gloria, and she is new to this surgical facility. per 100,000 outpatient procedures.
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. In my residency in the 1980s we were trained to do cricothyroid injections of cocaine prior to awake fiberoptic intubation procedures. Not really.
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