About this episode
Cole and Tanner discuss the complexities of waking a patient from anesthesia and the various techniques involved.
In this episode of Core Anesthesia, Cole and Tanner tackle emergence — basically, the art of waking a patient up from anesthesia and getting them safely to recovery. They swap stories, compare techniques, and pretty much disagree on everything from when to reverse paralytics to how to wean off the gas. The big takeaway? There's no single right way to do this, which is exactly why it takes years to get good at it. Stick around for part two, where they'll get into deep extubation, laryngospasm,...
People in this episode
Hosts: Cole, Tanner
Topics covered
- anesthesia
- emergence
- patient recovery
- medical techniques
- paralytics
- gas weaning
Keywords
- anesthesia
- emergence
- patient recovery
- paralytics
- gas weaning
- laryngospasm
- extubation
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