Re: Anesthesia Consents- question Doesn't the consent form also list the actual names of the MDA's associates/assistants???
Ours doesn't, it only has enough space to write one name. Your giving consent you your procedure and the judgement to select those to perform certain aspects of it. Our consents list the surgeons name and the associates of his/her choice covers the OR nurses, first assist, any other surgeons that help with the case, and anesthesia. As an example I filled out a consent today for a TEE on a patient, the name on the consent was the cardiologist that ordered the procedure but he doesn't do TEE's so one of his partners (associate) is who performed the procedure.
But I cant help but think that most people are not reading the fine print there.....and it is kinda misleading to them.
They signed the paper; in court that means they read it, wether they did or not. Gotta read the fine print on everything you sign, healthcare not excluded. Regardless though, the MDA in question shouldn't be leading patients to believe he/she is doing the procedures if that's not the case. They should be explaining the ACT model. I haven't started school yet but so far every OR I've been in, if the CRNA is doing the procedure the CRNA has seen the patient prior to entering the OR. Maybe you are only seeing the MDA see the patient on the floor and the CRNA is seeing the patient in the pre-op area?
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