Academic Anesthesia Departments Report Insufficient Support

Results of a recent survey suggest that academic anesthesia departments across the country experience insufficient levels of technician and transport support, especially during off-hours and weekends, according to a Somnia Anesthesia blog post.

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The study’s author, Steven H. Ginsberg, MD, associate professor of anesthesia at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, shared the results of the survey in an Anesthesiology News report.

Forty-eight percent of respondents — chairs of academic anesthesia departments in the U.S. — reported that insufficient support staff has affected resident education. Thirty percent said the shortage has affected patient safety.

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