The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2016

An operating room anesthesia practice is somewhat akin to being a taxi cab driver. The Veterans Affairs hospitals are currently pondering a move to allow CRNAs to practice independently without any physician anesthesiologist present. A very large single-specialty anesthesia group may contract with many hospitals in a geographic area.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Imagine this scenario: You’ve just finished anesthetizing a patient in a hospital setting, and the patient now requires transport from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). This is a reasonable policy, but what if anesthesia patient transport to the PACU lasts 4 minutes and 59 seconds (i.e.

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SpecialtyCare

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Perfusionists play a critical role in healthcare, particularly during cardiac surgeries, where they operate life-saving machines such as the heart-lung machine that takes over the function of the heart and lungs. The company partners with hospitals and surgical centers nationwide, providing skilled perfusionists for complex procedures.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2016

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. Hospital systems will have increased incentives to perform anesthetics with cheaper labor.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 6, 2017

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines private practice as: “a professional business (such as that of a lawyer or doctor) that is not controlled or paid for by the government or a larger company (such as a hospital).” In my community the dentists are all in private practice, as are most of the accountants, psychologists, and attorneys.

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SpecialtyCare

AUGUST 25, 2024

These professionals play a vital role in diagnosing and treating neurological conditions by operating electroencephalography (EEG) machines to monitor brain activity. These professionals have the opportunity to work in various healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics, and research institutions.

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EARN Cares

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Some hospitals require 1-2 years of ICU or Critical Care experience in order to be hired. Operating Room, Perioperative or Surgical Services Resume Example Operating Room Registered Nurses (OR RNs) can be named by various nursing job titles including surgical services registered nurses and/or perioperative registered nurses.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 6, 2025

Who is the Captain of the Ship in the operating room, the surgeon or the anesthesiologist? The Captain of the Ship doctrine was a 20 th century legal doctrine which held that, in an operating room, the surgeon was “liable for all actions conducted in the course of the operation.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

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. Every hospital operating room is equipped with a computer connected to the internet. Other uses of the internet by anesthesiologists in the operating room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

A typical hospital will have dozens of other anesthesia providers working in the same building. 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). at a community hospital.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 26, 2015

This network of patients will serve to keep their clinics and hospitals full and profitable. In the operating rooms, the patients are brought in by the surgeons. To a hospital CEO, each surgeon is an asset who brings surgical patients to surgery, whereas each anesthesia provider may be thought of as a worker necessary to do surgery.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

The Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis Imagine this: You’re an anesthesiologist in the operating room at a busy hospital. Anesthesiologists at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St. What do you do? How do you feel about all this?

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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. Did the MDs train at reputable universities, or were they trained at hospitals you’ve never heard of?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When an anesthesiologist finishes their formal training, he or she has a brain full of academic teachings, and has performed hundreds of anesthetics in a university setting while being supervised by faculty members. A nurse telephones you regarding one of your patients in the Post Operative Care Unit.

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The Anesthesia Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One interesting point relates to who trainees should anaesthetise with distant supervision and how this has changed over time. Tranexamic acid is a useful adjunct to reduce peri-operative bleeding and the need for blood transfusion. This new population-based study from Taiwan looked at 226,719 total knee replacements during 2010–2019.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

THE JULY EFFECT AND THE NOVEMBER EFFECT: In American teaching hospitals, newly minted doctors begin internships each July. The term “July Effect” was coined to describe this shift change in academic hospitals each July, when the arrival of inexperienced doctors may increase the risks of medical care.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2017

Anesthesiologists work in operating rooms and intensive care units—acute care settings which demand vigilance, steady hands, and quick thinking. These arenas will be: 1) diagnosis of images, 2) clinics, and 3) operating rooms/intensive care units. AI machines can remember this vast array of information better than any human physician.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 21, 2015

3) Physicians from a Thai teaching hospital reviewed 44,339 emergency surgery patients from 2003 to 2011, and found the incidence of perioperative cardiac arrest in emergency surgery was 163 per 10,000 cases. A 9-year survey in a Brazilian tertiary teaching hospital. Anesthesiologists will continue to be challenged. References: 1.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In contrast, other operating room professionals are usually relaxed and winding down at this time, because the surgical procedure is finished. She walked out of the hospital two days later. If an anesthesia care team is attending to you, how many rooms is each physician anesthesiologist supervising?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

He walked out the hospital alive and well. 4 This patient had head and neck surgery, and was at risk for post-operative airway problems. Have the Stanford Emergency Manual 5 in your operating room suite, and ask a registered nurse to recite the Cognitive Aid Checklist for HYPOXEMIA to you, to make sure you haven’t missed something.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 8, 2025

The goal is to be a perioperative (around the time of operation) doctor, not a technician. The notion of C-A-B, short for Chest Compressions-Airway-Breathingin that orderis pertinent for Basic Life Support responders in out of hospital cardiac arrest, but has no place in the operating room. Nurses are your co-workers and allies.

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SpecialtyCare

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Sterile processing presents critical challenges for many hospitals, and its important to understand whats creating errors and inefficiencies that affect the OR and at worst, patients themselves. Marcy comes from the clinical side, having started as a technician at a large hospital before eventually running the department.

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Caresyntax

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Due to increasing commercial velocity in the US and EU hospital markets, and expansion into new geographies and industry verticals, the company was recognized with multiple industry awards including selection to the Fierce 15 most innovative companies and the 2024 German AI prize.

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PANA

JANUARY 20, 2025

CRNAs operate safely in every setting where anesthesia is administered, including hospital operating and delivery rooms; ambulatory surgical centers; the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, and plastic surgeons; pain management centers and more.

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Nebraska Methodist College

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

However, Nebraska is one of many states where FNPs enjoy full practice authority, which means they are able to work independently and even operate their own care clinics. In other states, FNPs still have a great deal of autonomy in their work but may instead need to serve under the supervision of a qualified physician.

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Caresyntax

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Due to increasing commercial velocity in the US and EU hospital markets, and expansion into new geographies and industry verticals, the company was recognized with multiple industry awards including selection to the Fierce 15 most innovative companies and the 2024 German AI prize.

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SpecialtyCare

MARCH 27, 2025

How do I know if my hospital has qualified perfusionists? A perfusionist is a specialized healthcare professional who operates the heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass machine) during cardiac surgery and other procedures requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. What should I know before a procedure requiring perfusion?

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SpecialtyCare

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Whether in general surgery, cardiovascular procedures, or trauma units, these highly skilled professionals assist surgeons before, during, and after operations. A Surgical Physician Assistant (PA) is a licensed healthcare professional who works under the supervision of a surgeon to assist in surgeries and provide perioperative patient care.

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SpecialtyCare

MAY 3, 2025

How can healthcare facilities improve their sterile processing operations? Sterile processing is typically managed by a dedicated department staffed by trained sterile processing technicians and supervised by department managers with specialized certification. How often should sterile processing department policies be reviewed?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It was Johnny’s first day of school and my first day to report to the local hospital. I needed to be at Hibbing General Hospital before 7:30. The hospital was a three-block hike from Dom’s house, so it made sense to leave the battered BMW on the curb and walk to Hibbing General. The kitchen was quiet as a library.

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