Resident Series: Review of the White Paper AAOMS update on Office-based Anesthesia

Joining us in conversation is Dr. Jacob Stucki, to discuss the recently updated whitepaper on office-based anesthesia. Tune in today to hear what is outlined in the White Paper update and what the implications are for practitioners. Dr. Grant Stucki shares his biggest take-home from the article, and the doctors explore the critical starting point for anesthesia. Disease categories, heart failure, asthma, and renal diseases are among our talking points today, with a part of our conversation dedicated to the distinction between pediatric and adult patients. Next, we unpack what it means to treat the patient, and not the monitor, and discuss the two parts of emergency preparedness, as outlined by the White Paper update. Find out why this model is important, and why it’s worth taking 20 minutes out of your day to read the paper.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Today’s topic: the recently updated whitepaper on office-based anesthesia.
• Reasons for the recent update: for members, and to highlight their good work for others.
• The importance of anesthesia for oral surgeons.
• AAOMS training for anesthesia and its requirements.
• What the White Paper includes about the history of anesthesia and AAOMS.
• The AAOMS team model which includes a minimum of three highly trained professionals.
• The dividing line when a patient experiences discomfort.
• Techniques including using local to reduce the need for other methods.
• What Dr. Grant Stucki considers the biggest take home message of the article.
• Where safe anesthesia starts and why it is critical.
• The profile of a patient you are looking for: healthy patients or those with a systemic condition that is well controlled.
• The difference between ASA2 and ASA3 disease and how there isn’t a category for moderate diseases.
• Which candidates to take off your list of options to sedate.
• Why it is important to know enough about heart failure to be able to recognize it.
• Addressing the issue of asthma within candidates for anesthesia.
• Hepatic and renal disease.
• The importance of treating pediatric patients differently, and not just like small adults.
• Risks connected to treating pregnant patients.
• What it means to treat the patient, not the monitor.
• The two parts to emergency preparedness: systems, and practice.
• Dr. Grant Stucki’s experience saving the lives of two patients in an emergency situation.
• Scenarios you should go over: multiple health issues, asthma, overdoses, heart attacks, allergic reactions, and more.
• The importance of having scrimmages in the different areas of the office.
• Simulation tools you can look forward to using to train staff.
• Why this model is important.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dr. Jake Stucki LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-stucki-ab19a593/

Everyday Oral Surgery Website — https://www.everydayoralsurgery.com/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/everydayoralsurgery/?hl=en 

Everyday Oral Surgery on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/EverydayOralSurgery/ 

Dr. Grant Stucki Email — grantstucki@gmail.com

Dr. Grant Stucki Phone — 720-441-6059