Mobile anesthesia: Ready, set, pack, and go

Introduction: Although we get into the habit of thinking that anesthesia cannot be safely delivered without the availability of all equipments available in a state of the art Operating room, we find ourselves faced with situations where the availability and mobility of all this equipment is limited...

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Autores principales:	Issam Khayata, Jesse Bourque
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012
Materias:	disaster anesthesia field surgical team mobile anesthesia tiva anesthesia Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ff96b8c02d2e421aaaf10b3856bb76892021-12-02T17:05:51ZMobile anesthesia: Ready, set, pack, and go2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.99163https://doaj.org/article/ff96b8c02d2e421aaaf10b3856bb76892012-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.99163https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Introduction: Although we get into the habit of thinking that anesthesia cannot be safely delivered without the availability of all equipments available in a state of the art Operating room, we find ourselves faced with situations where the availability and mobility of all this equipment is limited ; this results in the impetus to start a thought process of how we can perform mobile anesthesia with less technology. Disaster situations, such as earthquakes, floods, or armed conflicts, might happen in areas where access of a regular operating room might be hours away or not available at all. Golden Hour: Delivering mobile Anesthesia during the golden hour can be a totally different experience from customary anesthesia practices in a regular operating room.It requires setting up a field/forward surgical teams with its organization and structure. Total Intravenous anesthesia gained popularity in crisis and combat situations and has been documented as a safe method in crisis situations.Anesthesia configured medic bag: Is a modified medic bag that can be utilized to contain the most commonly used Anesthesia supply material in a portable way. Conclusion: In reviewing the knowledge of how to provide anesthesia in crisis and disaster situations we conclude that there is evidence that anesthesia can be safely and efficiently delivered in a remote areas with limited tools and technology.Issam KhayataJesse BourqueThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articledisaster anesthesiafield surgical teammobile anesthesiativa anesthesiaMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 02, Iss 02, Pp 40-44 (2012)
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description	Introduction: Although we get into the habit of thinking that anesthesia cannot be safely delivered without the availability of all equipments available in a state of the art Operating room, we find ourselves faced with situations where the availability and mobility of all this equipment is limited ; this results in the impetus to start a thought process of how we can perform mobile anesthesia with less technology. Disaster situations, such as earthquakes, floods, or armed conflicts, might happen in areas where access of a regular operating room might be hours away or not available at all. Golden Hour: Delivering mobile Anesthesia during the golden hour can be a totally different experience from customary anesthesia practices in a regular operating room.It requires setting up a field/forward surgical teams with its organization and structure. Total Intravenous anesthesia gained popularity in crisis and combat situations and has been documented as a safe method in crisis situations.Anesthesia configured medic bag: Is a modified medic bag that can be utilized to contain the most commonly used Anesthesia supply material in a portable way. Conclusion: In reviewing the knowledge of how to provide anesthesia in crisis and disaster situations we conclude that there is evidence that anesthesia can be safely and efficiently delivered in a remote areas with limited tools and technology.
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Mobile anesthesia: Ready, set, pack, and go

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