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Meet the people who help sedate you

2025/3/21
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Brian Goldman
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Jared Gallant
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Matthew Kybert
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Rob Bryan
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Sally Bird
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Brian Goldman: 加拿大麻醉师短缺导致手术延误，麻醉助理成为一种解决方案，可以提高效率并增加手术量。 Rob Bryan: 我作为一名麻醉助理，在麻醉师的直接监督下工作，协助他们完成麻醉护理，包括病人评估、药物准备、镇静、气道管理等。我的工作扩展了麻醉师的服务范围，提高了效率，并帮助麻醉师应对患者的复杂情况。我拥有丰富的经验，能够处理一些意外情况，例如喉痉挛，并在必要时与麻醉师合作，确保病人的安全。 Jared Gallant: 医院麻醉助理的数量在不断增加，他们主要来自呼吸治疗师，具备相关的技能和知识。麻醉助理的加入显著提高了医院的效率，避免了因麻醉师短缺而推迟手术的情况。如果没有麻醉助理，医院将不得不关闭手术室，病人护理水平也将下降。 Sally Bird: 我们医院的麻醉助理在麻醉团队中发挥着越来越重要的作用，他们能够独立进行一些麻醉相关的操作，例如静脉穿刺和镇静，这提高了麻醉护理的可及性，并且没有增加额外的政府支出或人员。麻醉助理的引入使得一些不需要在手术室进行的操作可以由他们完成，从而腾出更多的手术室时间。 Matthew Kybert: 麻醉助理在我们的儿科医院中发挥着关键作用，他们能够进行PICC导管置入、腰椎穿刺、活检、烧伤换药等操作，这极大地改善了病人的护理体验。麻醉助理在加拿大医疗系统中被低估了，应该充分利用他们的潜力来解决手术护理的可及性问题。他们与麻醉师之间建立了信任和合作关系，可以进一步扩展他们的角色，造福病人、医护人员和麻醉师。

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This chapter explores the role of anesthesia assistants (AAs) in endoscopy suites, highlighting their contribution to increased efficiency and patient care. It follows AA Rob Bryan's work, demonstrating how AAs work under the supervision of anesthesiologists, enabling them to handle more patients and address complex situations.
  • Chronic shortage of anesthesiologists in Canada leads to postponed operations.
  • AAs, mainly from respiratory therapists and nurses, extend anesthesiologists' capabilities.
  • AAs handle tasks like airway management, preparing sedation drugs, and monitoring patients' vital signs.
  • One anesthesiologist can manage twice as many patients with the help of AAs, increasing efficiency and reducing postponed procedures.

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A shortage of anesthesiologists in Canada often means postponed operations and procedures. But some hospitals are using anesthesia assistants (AAs) to get more patients into surgeries and routine procedures needing sedation. Dr. Brian Goldman observes AA Rob Bryan during a colonoscopy at an Ontario hospital to find out what he does. And Nova Scotia pediatric anesthesiologists Dr. Sally Bird and Dr. Mathew Kiberd say AAs have become an essential part of their anesthesia team.