Emergency Cesarean Section With Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation-A Case Report.

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML), a rare disease encountered during pregnancy, is associated with high mortality secondary to consumptive coagulopathy and fatal bleeding diathesis. It usually presents as a medical emergency and warrants prompt diagnosis and treatment to improve maternal survival. This case report details a 19-year-old female with new onset APML who presented for emergency cesarean section because of respiratory distress and suspected placental abruption.

Improving Endoscopy Nursing Staff's Patient Management Through the Implementation of an Education Initiative.

Endoscopic procedure areas have high-volume, fast-paced work environments. This practice requires a diverse range of knowledge and skills that are continuously changing with the evolution of high-acuity procedures and the shift toward routine use of anesthesia services. Endoscopy nursing staff have recently shown higher levels of stress and emotional exhaustion than their colleagues in similar practice settings.

Anesthesia Management for Electroconvulsive Therapy.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was first introduced in the late 1930s. In 2016, 1.4 million people worldwide were treated with ECT, a procedure that differs from any other.

Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for Organ Procurement.

Organ procurement is a complex and unique procedure that warrants the creation of an evidence-based practice guideline. Anesthesia care of the donor may adversely impact the fate of organs once transplanted. The following article gives a brief review of the literature, and a guideline for providing anesthesia during an organ procurement which was created for a large, level-one, academic facility.

Continuing Education for the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist: Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Access.

Vascular access is critical in the perioperative arena and is a requirement for most surgical procedures. The goals of this project were to increase knowledge among certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) by providing a focused didactic and simulation course on ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access and to assess the confidence and comfort levels of performing ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access before and after the course. A combined didactic and simulation ultrasound-based education course was developed to train CRNAs in ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access.

Airway Management for Army Reserve Combat Medics: An Interdisciplinary Workshop.

Background: An Army Reserve Combat Medic's training is focused on knowledge attainment, skill development, and building experience and training to prepare them to perform in austere conditions with limited resources like on the battlefield. Unfortunately, the exposure to skills they may be responsible for performing is limited. Research shows that greater than 90% of battlefield deaths occur in the prehospital setting, 24% of which are potentially survivable.