Anesthesia nurse. What are you doing?

# Half-year review # Career review

When talking about nurse anesthesiologists, many people may be confused or unfamiliar with this word.

But if speaking, many sniffing nurses may be very familiar or familiar. Today, we will review what the sniffing nurses that everyone knows do.

Anesthesia Nurse (Anesthesia Nurse) plays an important role in patient care throughout the period before, during and after anesthesia, working closely with anesthesiologists. The main functions include:

1. Before surgery

* Wash history and initial patient assessment

* Check laboratory results, tomography, electrocardiogram and key data.

* Check water abstinence, food abstinence (NPO)

* Prepare an inhaler, ventilator, vital sign surveillance and airway opening device.

* Prepare medications and equipment for anesthesia, including emergency medicine.

* Confirm patient identity, surgical position and availability before entering the operating room.

2. During surgery

* Assist the anesthesiologist in induction and maintain the level of anesthesia.

* Continuous monitoring of vital signs, e.g.

* Blood pressure

* Pulse

* ECG (ECG)

* Blood oxygen (SpO ❣)

* Carbon dioxide end of breath (EtCO ❣)

* Body temperature

* Help manage the airway, such as sending intubation equipment, care for ventilators.

* Prepare and deliver medicines, water substances and blood according to the treatment plan.

* Surveillance and help manage complications such as pressure drop, arrhythmia, massive bleeding, or drug allergies.

* Record inhalation information throughout the surgery.

3. After surgery

* Care for patients during recovery from doping.

* Evaluate respiration, blood circulation, body sense level, and pain control.

* Forward important information to the ward or recovery room (PACU).

* Surveillance for post-sniffing complications such as nausea, vomiting, obstructive airways, chills or extreme pain.

Besides the work in the operating room,

Anesthesia nurses may operate in

* Endoscopic chamber (Endoscopy)

* Cardiac Cath Lab

* Interventional Radiology Room

* MRI or CT room requiring anesthesia

* delivery room (case of administering painkillers or anesthesiology)

Essential Skills

* Knowledge of physiology, pharmacology and anesthesia.

* Detailed patient assessment and surveillance

* Advanced Life Support (CPR / ACLS)

* Teamwork and communication with surgeons, anesthesiologists and surgical teams

* Decision and address specific issues in a state of emergency.

Anesthesiologist nurses are therefore not just responsible for "delivering medicine," but who help prepare, care for and monitor patients continuously throughout the anesthesia process to make surgery as safe as possible before, during and after surgery.

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