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Medical school: Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Spokane, Washington Kalkena Sivanesam always thought she would one day follow in the footsteps of her mother, a pediatric oral surgeon. After shadowing a surgeon prior to medical school, she became interested in anesthesiology instead. “I realized that while surgery was interesting enough, it did […]
Mar 27, 2023
Medical school: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York Christopher Keenan’s younger brother experienced a spontaneous pneumothorax in high school and required video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for repair. “All that meant to teenage me was that my brother’s lung had ’exploded‘ and the physicians were going to ’fix’ him,” Keenan said. “My […]
Mar 27, 2023
Medical school: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine Tyler Austin initially became interested in medicine as a senior in high school after taking anatomy and physiology and as an undergraduate student at Missouri State University. “I worked as a burn technician in a burn ICU where that initial interest really blossomed into something I knew […]
Mar 27, 2023
Medical school: University of Colorado School of Medicine Buckingham began her career in medicine as a certified nursing assistant, a path that allowed her to explore the medical field by being part of the patient care experience. “I was initially drawn to medicine because of the opportunity to use a wide breadth of scientific knowledge […]
Mar 27, 2023
Capnography during PACU sedation procedures
Safety Tip – Capnography during PACU Sedation Procedures During moderate or deep sedation, the adequacy of ventilation shall be evaluated by continual observation of qualitative clinical signs and monitoring for the presence of exhaled carbon dioxide unless precluded or invalidated by the nature of the patient, procedure, or equipment. (ASA Standards for Basic Anesthetic Monitoring, […]
Mar 14, 2023
MOMS new president has her eye on advocacy, physician empathy
As president of MOMS for 2023, Dr. Michaelis said, it’s her job to tell anyone who will listen why membership in MOMS is a good investment.
Mar 14, 2023
Situation: Positioning a patient’s arms safely and securely can be challenging. Background: All patients are vulnerable to injury. For many procedures, the surgeon’s preference is for “tucking” a patient’s arms. The width of OR surgical beds/tables is 20 inches. By comparison, seat widths at Memorial Stadium at the University of Nebraska Lincoln range from 18 […]
Feb 21, 2023
Oliver Kitzerow receives Lieberman Travel Award
Oliver Kitzerow, a research assistant in the laboratory of Hanjun Wang, MD, received the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology’s Lieberman Travel Award. The award will allow Kitzerow to attend the Association of University Anesthesiologists’ upcoming annual meeting in Denver, Colo. and present his research. “The travel award and the Lieberman endowment highlight the commitment of the […]
Feb 21, 2023
Clinical Science Faculty Scholar Award
The UNMC Department of Anesthesiology honored three faculty members with the Clinical Science Faculty Scholar Award on Feb. 1.
Feb 21, 2023
Single-dose or multi-dose vials of injectable medication: “one patient and done”
Situation: Medication supply issues have resulted in single-dose and multi-dose vials of parenteral medications and local anesthetics available to anesthesia providers. This can present confusion with regard to the utilization and wasting of unused medication. Background: Medication vials are labeled by the manufacturer based on the intended use. Assessment: Single-dose vials are preferred over multi-dose vials whenever available. Anesthesia […]
Jan 31, 2023
