Answer 1

EQ: What is the best way to prevent complications as an anesthesiologists?

1. Commitment to being a life long learner

Having a thorough knowledge and understanding of the field you are entering.

2. What possible evidence do you have to support this answer?

- In this first piece of research I found that the amount of schooling necessary to reach the career goal of becoming an anesthesiologist. Being that you need 4-year university/med-school/residency and a continued expansion mandated by the state after acquiring the initial education necessary, commitment to the expansion of knowledge is crucial.    

- Through this second piece of research I found that CRNA’s have the knowledge necessary to do the same jobs the anesthesia providers do, and being that you do not have to pay them the same amount they get paid less. Being informed on all the new technologies, advancements, as well as discoveries it puts you ahead f those looking to take your job.

- This third piece of research helped in bringing to light the difficulty of keeping a patient unconscious and the different techniques as well as signs an anesthesiologist must know about. Being able to identify these signs order to keep a patient safe.   

3. What source(s) did you find this evidence and/or answer?

- “Anesthesiologist” by Melissa Brewer

- “Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Anesthesia Providers” by Paul Hogan

- “The Balancing Act of Keeping Patients Asleep during Surgery”

by Muiris Houston