Anaesthetics without anaesthetists

The trivialisation of our work and the value of words

Authors

  • Alberto Gironés-Muriel Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Moraleja. Madrid. España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i5.632

Keywords:

sedation, colonoscopy, deep sedation, anesthesia

Abstract

Recently the Department of Health of Castilla la Mancha in Spain (SESCAM) has published regulations for some anaesthetics (anesthesia outside the operating theatre) to be performed by personnel who are not anaesthesiologists. That is, it allows anesthesia without an anesthesiologist. Circumstance denounced by the Spanish Society of Anaesthesia and Resuscitation danger that this practice will suppose for the patients. So-called deep sedation on colonoscopies may jeopardize patient safety.

Published

2020-09-10

How to Cite

Gironés-Muriel, A. (2020). Anaesthetics without anaesthetists: The trivialisation of our work and the value of words. Revista Electrónica AnestesiaR, 10(5), 1. https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v10i5.632