2023 ASA Anesthesia Practice Guidelines for Monitoring Neuromuscular Blockade: December 2022 guideline summary: Patients monitored quantitatively had less residual neuromuscular blockade compared to patients assessed qualitatively or clinically. For information on quantitative TOF monitors options contact Bell Medical at [email protected]
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BY RENE MIGUEL GONZALEZ, MD, ANESTHESIOLOGIST, STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ Patient Safety Anesthesiology patient safety literature(1,2) clearly indicates that the majority of medical malpractice lawsuits arising from GI endoscopies are a result of respiratory complications, specifically hypoxia (inadequate, dangerously low blood oxygen levels). Hypoxia during endoscopy can result in prolongations, delays and cancellations of procedures, and … Read more
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA have adopted the Warrior Blood and Fluid Warmer for use in their Operating Rooms. They ordered 10 AC Units along with Extension Cables and Bed Attachments. The installing reps are Jim Bloor and Jeannine Sullivan.
Jon Loehr of Bell Medical has converted the University of Maryland to the Procedural Oxygen Mask (POM). University of Maryland has 6 hospitals committed to purchasing the POM through Bell Medical. The POM mask delivers high concentrations of oxygen while monitoring capnography for upper GI procedures. POM is the only FDA approved procedural sedation mask … Read more
Jerry Keeton closed a sale on 27 Xavant Stimpod 450X to Cox Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Dan Hogan also closed a deal on Heine Easy Clean Handles and Heine blades to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI.
Bell Medical purchased Bay State Anesthesia of New England on April 1, 2022. Bell Medical plans to continue to use the Bay State Anesthesia name and to run the operation with all current sales and service staff with little change in the eye of the customer, according to Kevin Lueders, President. Bay State Anesthesia has … Read more
Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring in Clinical Practice: A Professional Practice Change Initiative. Wade Weigel, MD at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article-abstract/doi/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004174/135637/Quantitative-Neuromuscular-Monitoring-in-Clinical?redirectedFrom=fulltext Key Takeaways: Background: Virginia Mason Medical Center has 28 anesthetizing locations. A total of 20,181 electronic charts and 2,807 manually reviewed charts were examined over a 4 year period (2016-2020) History of Nerve Stimulator installations at … Read more
Bell Medical has received a purchase order for 7 WellAir Novaerus 900 for Gates Ventures (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation). The Novaerus system is the only system that destroys airborne viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens at the DNA level. It uses patented plasma technology to be 99.99% effective. Call us at 314-772-5600 or email [email protected] … Read more
Joanna Blondeau, CRNA, Staff CRNA, MedStream Anesthesia, Hilton Head Island, S.C. Most airway management for anesthesia providers and airway experts is routine, predictable, uneventful and straightforward. However, when a challenging airway occurs in a clinical situation, it can lead to adverse effects and life-threatening consequences for the patient and anxious moments for the provider. The … Read more