WHAT MAKES FOR A GOOD ANESTHETIST?

1 3-D ULTRASOUND Ultrasound equipment is used to conduct a test called a transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). This produces accurate images of the heart in real time, which provides information about the heart’s structure, performance, and function in greater detail than other procedures are able to convey. 2 INFUSION PUMPS These devices are designed to deliver measured amounts of drugs into a vein—for example, to maintain a given level of anesthesia or to regulate circulation. 3 MONITORS The monitors display the patient’s vital signs so the surgeons can see them (see 4). 4 VITAL SIGNS MONITORS These monitor display cardiac frequency, temperature, electrocardiogram (EKG), and oxygen saturation in the blood. To the right above the main screen is another monitor (4B) for oxygen saturation in the brain. 5 VENTILATOR This provides artificial respiration for the patient and displays on a…