The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In addition, the 100% oxygen supplies an extra margin of safety prior to extubation. Your primary value regarding extubation must be safety. Joining the hospital staff, Nico runs afoul of a grouchy nurse anesthetist calling himself Bobby Dylan, who plays Dylan songs twice a week in a bar called Heaven’s Door.

General Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 26, 2015

No, it’s not the nurse anesthetists, nor the stress of covering surgeries in the middle of the night, nor the stress of saving patients who are trying to die in front of our eyes during acute care emergencies. The hospital plans to replace the doctors with nurse anesthetists. What is this threat?

Nurse Anesthetist

The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Who is responsible for your safety before, during, and after your surgery? Will it be a nurse or will it be a physician? At times, physician anesthesiologists employ certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to assist them in what is called the anesthesia care team (ACT) model. This is an important question.

Nurse

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. concern, however, are distractions that might impair vigilance and affect patient safety. Distractions are common during anesthesia maintenance.

Operating Room

The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The 2018 movie Free Solo showcases Alex Honnold as he became the first person to free solo climb the 3000-feet high El Capitan wall of granite in Yosemite National Park without ropes or safety gear. In my opinion, the best safety ropes are these: Most hospitals have an emergency room physician on duty at all hours. Sound scary?

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 2, 2018

Joining the hospital staff, Nico runs afoul of a grouchy nurse anesthetist calling himself Bobby Dylan, who plays Dylan songs twice a week in a bar called Heaven’s Door. The answer to all these questions is: “It depends.” Let’s look at recommendations as they exist in 2018.

General Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The safety of anesthesia on ASA I and II patients has been compared to the safety record of commercial aviation. All the anesthesiologists were single practitioners, that is, they were not part of an anesthesia care team with a nurse anesthetist. But planes do crash, and so do anesthetized patients.

Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

Miller’s Anesthesia , Chapter 7 on Human Performance and Patient Safety, 3 makes several statements pertinent to human error: “. In the Miller’s Anesthesia chapter titled Human Performance and Patient Safety, Drs. Human Performance and Patient Safety. Rall and Gaba describe 15 Key Points of Crisis Resource Management (CRM).

Post-Anesthesia

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Even though the procedure is the last safety valve on the Difficult Airway Algorithm, most anesthesiologists have minimal or no experience in this life-saving procedure. Not really. How can we train anesthesiologists to perform cricothyroidotomies? While these topics are important, they are not life-saving skills such as front of neck access.

Anesthesiologist

The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 27, 2017

These alarms would bring a fleet of nurses and/or doctors into the room to try to save the patient. As well, extra oxygen tanks are present in every operating room as a safety back up, in the rare instance that the piped-in wall oxygen source is stopped or is inadequate. You can relax.

General Anesthesia

PANA

JANUARY 14, 2025

by PennLive.com Patients undergoing surgery or procedures requiring anesthesia are safe when cared for by a physician anesthesiologist, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), or both. CRNA, President-elect, Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists Published: Jan. 12, 2025, 10:00 a.m. Jodie Szlachta, Ph.D.,

Nurse Anesthetist

PANA

JANUARY 17, 2025

Did you know the Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists (PANA) represents approximately 4,000 certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and student anesthetists? Nurse anesthetists are usually the last person a patient sees before a surgical procedure begins, and the first they see when they awake.

CRNA

The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 5, 2025

Anesthesiologists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists typically achieve this level of sedation by starting an intravenous line and titrating intravenous sedation with medications such as midazolam, fentanyl, propofol, and/or ketamine.

Anesthesia