PlasticPaulBunyan
PlasticPaulBunyan t1_iuvz5ss wrote
Reply to comment by Duluthian2 in Jury awards $21m to family of patient after simple leg surgery left him in a vegetative state by TheFullerTron
We had a case in town where a very prominent cardiologist went in for "simple" oral surgery and died due to anesthesia complications. His widow is now fighting for proper supervision when anesthesia is administered during a case.
PlasticPaulBunyan t1_iuvyv2g wrote
Reply to comment by rchart1010 in Jury awards $21m to family of patient after simple leg surgery left him in a vegetative state by TheFullerTron
It's probably cheaper to cancel your surgery than bring another MD on for the case. Sad, but true. One MD can supervise a handful of CRNAs, vs an MD who can do one case.
PlasticPaulBunyan t1_iuvyb3n wrote
Reply to comment by dynorphin in Jury awards $21m to family of patient after simple leg surgery left him in a vegetative state by TheFullerTron
Radiology groups too. It's going to get to the point where radiologist are just at home reading imaging, and PA's will be on site doing all the work. It's already close to this in many places. You're 3x more likely to see a radiology PA than one of them vampire docs.
PlasticPaulBunyan t1_iuvzj5t wrote
Reply to comment by HerpToxic in Jury awards $21m to family of patient after simple leg surgery left him in a vegetative state by TheFullerTron
This is just the way American medicine is going though. My dad is an emergency MD and "retired" to work at an urgent care. He was the only MD on site, overseeing 2-3 PAs. At the hospital I work at, radiology PA's do the majority of procedures while the Rads read the exams and pop in for more difficult cases (this does not apply to pediatric radiologists just FYI).