The Anesthesia Consultant
JUNE 26, 2022
What’s the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? After the first 3 – 4 years in the workforce, either one can master the manual skills of anesthesia. So what really is the difference between a physician anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist? The answer: internal medicine.
Salem Anesthesia
JUNE 12, 2023
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) serve an irreplaceable function on medical teams across the country. Following a procedure, the CRNA assists in transitioning patients to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists provided critical support for Anesthesiologists.
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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. Grade = B-.
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. What about CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) readers of this website?
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 2, 2023
Washington University has expanded the ACT to include the Recovery Control Tower, which provides similar surveillance over patients in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU). This photograph below depicts the Anesthesia Control Tower manpower at work at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 22, 2018
I stay with the child until the anesthetic depth has dissipated, the breathing tube is removed, and the child is awake and safe with the recovery room nurse in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. My greatest joy of being a doctor comes immediately after the conclusion of a pediatric anesthetic.
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 28, 2018
The surgery proceeded as scheduled, with sevoflurane as maintenance anesthesia. At the conclusion of surgery, the patient was extubated awake and taken to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in stable condition. The patient was sedate, calm, comfortable, and tolerated the PACU care well.
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