Thanks for making my point. I've done anesthesia for liposuction cases since the procedure was developed more than 3 decades ago. Most go well - but I've also seen the overly aggressive high-volume...
Sorry liponurse - the translation for your post is "lazy surgeon, more interested in money than patient safety". It doesn't matter how rare complications are in your hands. It only takes one and...
Of course it's sterile. And this isn't exactly rocket science chemistry. Many years ago when I ran a cellsaver service, we wanted to use the larger 3L bags to rinse the red blood cells which were...
My large group has never been subsidized. I know quite a few anesthesiologists what work in rural areas, despite the fact that CRNA's are subsidized by the federal government in critical access...
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This C-collar thing seems to be a common paramedic thing, but it really doesn't do anything to secure a tube. You will not find a single patient in the ICU or OR with c-collar on to keep a tube from...
My guess is there is a whole other side to this story that has not been talked about - what led the hospital to this point that they decided to move the anesthesia contract to a private company? I'll...
A $10k difference is nothing, considering there is no state income tax in Florida and the cost of living, for the most part, is substantially less than NY. That being said - the main complaint for...
I'm sorry - there is no such thing as a rural hospital with 200 beds in Georgia. There is no such thing as a rural hospital in Georgia doing hearts, etc. Any hospital within an hour of Atlanta is IN...
Like the others indicated - death from anesthesia is extremely rare. Perioperative death due to the patient's presenting condition are much more likely, though also uncommon. Trauma, ruptured...
Scary thought. :)Ever hear that old saying about nurses eating their young? You're seeing a classic example in this thread. You're not even a nurse yet, and you're firmly established in a...
Although it's just semantics...an IJ catheter is, by definition, a central venous catheter, whether it's with a 3 inch 18ga catheter or a 9FR introducer and everything in between. Treat it as such....