The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The scrubs are enclosed in a device not dissimilar to a soda machine, and you need your ID to operate it. Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room. Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Until the 1990s most abdominal surgery was done through an open incision. To remove a gall bladder or an appendix, the surgeon made an incision into the abdomen, inserted his hands and instruments, cut out the tissue under direct vision, and then sewed the abdomen together again. A gall bladder incision might be five inches long.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Anesthesiologists typically spend 90+% of their working hours in the operating room. A busy surgeon will spend 50% of their time in the operating room, and the other 50% in preoperative clinic, postoperative clinic, or rounding on patients in the hospital. Which brings us to Law #2: The patient must wake up.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Instrument Handling: By anticipating the surgeon’s needs, they provide the right instruments at the right moment, streamlining the procedure and reducing operative time. RNFAs: Bridging Nursing and Surgery Registered Nurse First Assistants (RNFAs) bring a unique blend of nursing care and surgical expertise to the operating room.

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RASA Training

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Following this, the military formed a new profession called ORT (Operating Room Technician). Growth of ST Recognition The first certification exam was given in 1970 with those passing given the title of Certified Operating Room Technician or CORT.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Surgical Techniques: The cricothyroid membrane is divided by a surgical incision made with a wide scalpel (#10 scalpel). With the scalpel, bougie, tube (SBT) technique, a bougie is inserted into the trachea through the incision. A lubricated 6.0 Enlisting the surgeon’s help during the procedure is advisable.

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Incision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

At Incision, we are determined to change that. At the heart of Incision’s mission is the belief that every patient deserves the highest level of care, and every surgical team should be empowered to deliver it. However, the reality is that surgical innovations sometimes take up 5-7 years to reach operating rooms.

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Gomer: Anesthesiology

MAY 25, 2020

said Willing Accomplice, the room’s circulating nurse. The patient tolerated incision well, was able to hold his breath when directed by the surgeons, and was able to be successfully placed on the heart-lung machine.” Dr. Annuloplasty remains in a ketamine-induced haze in the corner of the operating room.

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Trocar Supplies

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Surgeons prize stainless steel for its minimal friction against connective tissue, and the cleanness of the resulting incision. Enough manufacturers use stainless steel-nickel alloys that about half of operating rooms nonetheless have leaching of nicke l from surgical instruments that can trigger allergic reactions in patients or staff.

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BFW Inc.

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The surgeon controls the robot using a computer that is located near the operating table. With telesurgery, surgeons can operate surgical robotic instruments from anywhere in the world using wireless networks. Plus, surgeons don’t have to be physically onsite to perform operations. Telesurgery is the marriage between the two.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 12, 2015

In the operating room, you induce anesthesia with your standard recipe of 2 mg of midazolam, 100 mcg of fentanyl, 200 mg of propofol, and 40 mg of rocuronium, and intubate the trachea. Five minutes after induction and 15-30 minutes before the surgical incision will occur, her blood pressure drops to 85/45. Is this a problem?

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Incision

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In our previous article, "Sterile Processing and the Operating Room: Why Patient Safety Can't Be Rushed", we emphasized the importance of embracing the 4.5-hour Here at Incision, we’re dedicated to writing blogs that inspire conversation, bring teams closer together and educate in a dynamic way.

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Incision

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Within a hospital, between 20 and 70% of this can be directly traced back to the operating department [ 2 , 3 ]. Daily, US operating rooms (ORs) generate up to 2000 tons of waste [ 4 ]. Perfectly good, entirely sterile and, above all, much-needed surgical supplies are routinely discarded in American operating rooms.

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Incision

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Between 20 and 70% of all hospital waste can be directly traced back to the operating department [ 3 , 4 ]. In a single day, US operating rooms (ORs) generate up to 2000 tons of waste [ 5 ]. Moving toward this, a team at Solihull Hospital in the UK recently performed the world’s first net-zero carbon operation [ 16 ].

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Incision

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the operating room (OR), the team responsible for the delivery of a procedure is typically a combination of surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, and technicians working together on a shift-based and/or specialty-based rota. Increased familiarity is associated with better team performance, particularly in reducing operative time.

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Incision

JANUARY 29, 2024

The intraoperative period (green in Fig 1) is of particular interest, not least because these are the processes that utilize the operating room (OR) and a large part of a hospital’s expenditure. Of these, 36% were related to equipment, and 24% were related to not keeping team members informed of the progress of an operation.

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Incision

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Benefits of Familiarity In the operating room (OR), a core multidisciplinary team is responsible for the delivery of each procedure, working together on a shift-based and/or specialty-based rota. Increased familiarity is associated with better team performance, particularly in reducing operative time.

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Caresyntax

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The challenges for operating room (OR) managers are universal: improving surgical workflow efficiency while providing high-quality, reliable, safe patient care. And don’t forget—working to ensure profitability. Most ORs have data, the key is knowing what to do with it. There are surgical leaders who are beginning to crack the code.

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BFW Inc.

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New surgical technology is allowing doctors to increase efficiency and safety, by guiding their movements and offering unprecedented access to information in the operating room. With access to more real-time information and high-tech equipment, surgeons can operate with more dexterity and greater precision than ever before.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 1, 2024

Anesthesiologists are likely to have: A preference for being in an operating room rather than in a clinic. Most of the time an anesthesiologist works in the operating room. A busy surgeon may work in the operating room two or three days per week. Operating room medicine requires action.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Perioperative” means “around the time of operations.” IN THE OPERATING ROOM: Mr. Doe will be asleep for the surgery, and Dr. A will be present the entire time. The surgeon makes multiple small incisions and inserts additional surgical tools inside the abdomen. The mean arterial pressure (MAP) rises from 70 to 95.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 20, 2019

Chapter 1 THE BRICKLAYER Alec Lucas’s first contact with FutureCare came in operating room #19 at the University of Silicon Valley Medical Center, where his patient Elizabeth Anderson blinked into the twin suns of the surgical lights hanging from the ceiling. Alec wondered why they were doing this operation on this lady.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Prior to the pulse oximeter, anesthesiologists had only unreliable measures of tissue oxygenation, such as observing how red the blood seemed when the surgeon made the initial incision into the patient. The remaining operating rooms would proceed without oximetry. Undetected hypoxia could present as a sudden cardiac arrest.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

Norman Shumway MD PhD, a Stanford surgical professor and legend, invented the heart transplantation procedure and performed the first heart transplant in the USA on January 6, 1968 in operating room 13 of Stanford University Hospital. A power saw was used to cut the breastbone down the midline to enter the chest.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2022

As House of the Dragon depicted, in primitive times there was no way to stop the acute bleeding from Cesarean incisions into the abdomen and the uterus. Cesarean sections in the United States today are typically controlled surgeries, with comfortable mothers and with the father present in the operating room holding the mother’s hand.

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Caresyntax

MAY 27, 2025

Amsterdam, NL & Boston, MA May 28, 2025 Incision , provider of the innovative Incision Assist solution for perioperative teams, and Caresyntax , the leading enterprise-scale surgical data and analytics platform, today announced a partnership poised to transform operating room (OR) performance.

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Nashville Anesthesia Professionals

APRIL 7, 2025

Delays can occur due to emergencies in other operating rooms, scheduling conflicts, or another procedure overrunning its scheduled time. The availability of operating rooms plays a critical role in surgery start times. Patient and Personnel Factors Affect Operating Room Start Times. References 1.Meneveau,

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Radius Anesthesia

APRIL 28, 2025

Traditional imaging methods such as fluoroscopy and X-rays remain staples in the operating room, providing real-time 2D guidance during procedures. Robots in the operating room during hip and knee arthroplasty. Modern joint surgery relies heavily on imaging technologies that have evolved significantly over time.

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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. These professionals handle a variety of tasks, including performing preoperative assessments, assisting in the operating room, and managing postoperative care.

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Caresyntax

JANUARY 30, 2025

Predictive Analytics for Proactive Care: AI algorithms can analyze vast amounts of patient data, including medical history, pre-operative scans, and even real-time vital signs, to predict potential complications before they arise. This allows care teams to proactively adjust their approach, mitigate risks, and optimize patient outcomes.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The text read: 911 call me I was administering an anesthetic to a 41-year-old woman in an operating room at Stanford University, while a neurosurgeon worked to remove a meningioma tumor from her brain. I scanned the operating room monitors and confirmed that her vital signs were perfect. Her life was my responsibility.

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