Incision Nurse Anesthetist Post-Anesthesia 
The Anesthesia Consultant
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
There are Two Laws of Anesthesia, according to surgeon lore. Surgeons work with physician anesthesiologists, with certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), or with an anesthesia care team that includes both physician anesthesiologists and CRNAs. In a perfect anesthesia world, patients will not move.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 10, 2016
Sugammadex reversal can make the duration of a rocuronium motor block almost as short acting as a succinylcholine motor block, and sugammadex can also eliminate complications in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit due to residual postoperative muscle paralysis. ANESTHESIA ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMRs)– The idea is sound.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Anesthesia is not the career for you if you like to sleep late—surgery always begins at 0730 hours). Anesthesia Workstation You log into the EMR system, and then you log into your first patient’s chart. The lower drawers to the computerized pharmacy cart unlock, and you’re able to access the propofol you’ll use to induce anesthesia.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MARCH 2, 2018
Prior to surgery your patient tells you, “I always get a hangover after general anesthesia. Hangover after general anesthesia (HAGA) describes a patient who has a safe general anesthetic, but who then feels hungover, sedated, and wasted for a time period exceeding two hours afterwards. I sleep for hours and I’m nauseated.
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The study looked at malpractice closed claims and found: 1) Outcomes remained poor in malpractice closed claims related to difficult tracheal intubation; 2) The incidence of brain damage or death at induction of anesthesia was 5.5 This training needs to be a requirement for all anesthesia professionals. A lubricated 6.0
The Anesthesia Consultant
APRIL 26, 2018
Learjet anesthesia? Yes, anesthesia can be a glamorous specialty. Note that the anesthesia transport team member was only an anesthesia fellow or a resident. The eligible residents were second-year residents (anesthesia residency training was only two years in duration during the 1980’s).
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 12, 2015
I stood near my patient’s feet in an anesthesia cockpit surrounded by two ventilator hoses, three intravenous lines, and four computer monitor screens. It had been five hours since the initial skin incision. Ten syringes loaded with ten different drugs lay on the table before me. Everything was stable, and I was pleased.
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