One moment, Dr. Cornelius Sullivan was standing over a patient during surgery. The next, he woke up in an ambulance on the ...

NYU Langone is retooling some of the space at its flagship hospital in Kips Bay as part of an ongoing shuffle of operating ...

"This is not a new profession, but it's new to the state of Tennessee. It did require a legislative change in order to allow ...

They operate anesthesia equipment; monitor patients before, during, and after anesthesia; and assist in life saving measures such as CPR and life support. While unfamiliar to many people, the field ...

These injuries, often called "boom strikes," happen when anesthesiologists bump into operating room (OR) equipment on fixed or moveable arms (booms) such as monitors, lights or screens.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has released a safety alert highlighting “boom strikes,” head injuries caused by collisions with ceiling-mounted equipment, as a growing concern for both ...

A bill to require insurance companies to cover anesthesia during surgery no matter how long passed unanimously out of the ...

Anesthesiologists face a rising risk of head injuries in crowded operating rooms. New ASA guidelines aim to make their ...

Director of Anesthesiology at White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital ... or where a hard to find and rarely used piece of equipment was located, or that an operation booked as a simple procedure was going to be ...