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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST

The Anesthesia Consultant

Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring., Inside the operating room, the scrub tech is already dressed in a sterile gown and gloves, and is preparing the instruments the surgeon will use to operate on the first patient. You leave your street clothes in your locker.

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WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

The Anesthesia Consultant

He preps the right side of the patient’s neck with Betadine iodine soap, and drapes the right neck with sterile towels. Dr. A administers an IV dose of an intravenous antibiotic prior to the surgical incision, and also administers two IV antinausea drugs, ondansetron (Zofran) and metoclopropamide (Reglan) prophylactically.