ANESTHEIOLOGIST TRAITS: A desire to be well paid for their time. Physicians earn more for doing procedures than they do sitting in an office…
THE JULY EFFECT AND THE NOVEMBER EFFECT: In American teaching hospitals, newly minted doctors begin internships each July. The term “July Effect” was coined to…
Is the practice of anesthesia an art or a science? Is the practice of medicine an art or a science?Over one hundred years ago…
At weddings you’ll often hear a Bible verse that reads, “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists is supporting an expansion of the role of anesthesiologists in the delivery of perioperative care in hospitals. This proposed…
One of the most frequent questions I hear from patients before surgery is, “How long will it take me to wake up from general…
How do you prepare to induce general anesthesia in two minutes? You’re called to induce anesthesia for a patient being rushed to the operating…
A patient infected with the Ebola virus is admitted to your hospital’s intensive care unit. You are called to intubate the Ebola patient for…
What one question should you ask to determine whether a patient has a serious medical problem? What one question must you ask to determine…
An 60-year-old man has a heart attack in the middle of an emergency abdominal surgery at 11:00 pm and dies two hours later. Should…
An otherwise healthy 50-year-old female patient takes three herb pills daily: gingko, kava, and ginseng. What do you do when this patient needs elective…
Succinylcholine: vital drug or dinosaur? Succinylcholine (sux) has the wonderful advantage of rendering a patient paralyzed in less than a minute, and the discouraging…