Dr Anesthesia

It was a typical Quarantine Sunday afternoon, I sat down in bed and started looking through my old photographs as a teenager to kill some time. It's always nice to look back in time and analyze the path that made you who you are today and compare it to where you'd want to be in the future. I've gradually realized how I've changed as a person. The differences between now and then. I'm definitely at a place I dreamt of being at professionally, but, the most striking to me was how unfit and unhealthy I've become with the years. I was devastated at how I let my fitness down... at how I got so comfortable in that lazy bubble of mine and got so absorbed by it. What happened to the fit, strong, flexible old me? My body aches have dramatically increased in the last 2 years. I thought If this is where I'm at today what have I left for 30 years from now. It was a turning point and funny it happened on a Sunday which allowed me to start fresh on Monday the 6th of A...

With the remarkable speed that this new Coronavirus is spreading across the globe, anesthesiologists, anesthesia nurses, PACU nurses and other members of the anesthesia team shouldn't fall back on taking the utmost precautions with the patients they encounter on a daily. As healthcare providers, we are urged to be as informed and as readily equipped to face this pandemic that is taking over. From preop evaluation to airway manipulation once sedated one should take all measures to avoid contracting the virus or contaminating the surrounding environment. With the emerging evidence that a person can be a carrier of the virus and still be asymptomatic one should approach their patients wisely. I found this concise Recommendation sheet from the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, with clear messages on which PPE to adopt and minor details to pay attention to perioperatively. Stay informed, Stay safe and Fight Coronavirus!