Richard Alexander

Father, Husband, Anesthesiologist, wannabe athlete.

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@drlauraduggan Love and respect you Laura, but so saddened by how focused academia is on being divisive by gender/sex/race/sexuality we are so preoccupied by grouping and blaming and creating us and them and telling anyone who disagrees that they just don’t understand.

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

All Canadian medical school graduates should do rotating internships before specializing (even if the specialty is another year of family medicine). Not only does this produce better physicians, but helps to solve primary care crisis (streamlines pathway).
Convince me otherwise

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

https://t.co/nXCC7fzS4P “….basically the same as anesthesiology” and I guess paralegal school is basically the same as law school, and dental hygiene is basically the same as dentistry 🤓

[Ed Mariano, MD, MAS, FASA, FASRA @EMARIANOMD]

Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) is increasing - projected to be 50% of anesthesia cases in future @DrSolmazN #CSAFallConf22

What makes NORA (endoscopy, IR, cardiology, other) stressful and challenging for anesthesiologists? See responses below 👇🏽

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@indigodoc @DrSolmazN @CSAHQ Great talk - eye opening story brought up when profit > quality. Canadian politicians be warned https://t.co/qPvOMYnt7A

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@Mypster2 @VCHhealthcare @Cerner Lookin good gentlemen! Not quite millennials, but you’ll figure it out 😝.

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@drlauraduggan Congrats! Welcome (home). My dad said it was quite a head wind - harder than usual!

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@jbcarmody @ronmree

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@MatthaeusWare @SickKidsNews Agree. Playing Devils advocate though - one of biggest motivating factors for all SES to be successful in life is to create more and better opportunities for their children. That said, agree systems need to be better.

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@DrSadiqAbdulla @Agent99rp I never do it for labor-not reliable - and if one did - are they putting leads on and looking for ST/ T wave changes?

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@drlauraduggan Sorry for your loss Laura. A photo filled with love. Best wishes to you and your family ! 🥰

[Adrian Dix @adriandix]

We're increasing capacity and reducing surgery wait times for people @VanIslandHealth by adding the View Royal Surgical Centre in Victoria as well as Seafield Surgical Centre in #Nanaimo into the public health-care system. @s_malcolmson @MitziDeanBC https://t.co/yxea8MTTER

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

A good review. Ten myths about albumin.
https://t.co/WTUb428np8

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

I would love to hear what my airway experts think about opening this can of worms 🪱 @drlauraduggan @ShannonLockhart @docveall @antonchau1

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

Success and Time to Oxygen Delivery for Scalpel-Finger-Cannula and Scalpel-Finger-Bougie Front-of-Neck Access: A Randomized Crossover Study With a Simulated "Can't Intubate, Can't Oxygenate" Scenario in a Manikin Model With Impalpable Neck Anatomy.
https://t.co/jeqjHJTcHf

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

Thanks to the hard work of anesthesiologists, nurses, surgeons, RTs across the province. Now let’s work on making it sustainable. Reward results @adriandix Nearly 100% of surgeries postponed in B.C. during early pandemic complete https://t.co/wA8hB6KRxl https://t.co/cAeuix8Dpq

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

Perioperative anesthesiologist care to comment? @MacdonellSu @drlauraduggan @ShannonLockhart

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

Reviewing medical staff rules at our site. Line of interest “a surgeon will be the most responsible practitioner for Peri-operative management of the patient…” Context: out of or post procedural pt dumped in pacu at night - no handover or communication w anesthesiologist

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@LondonAllergy @SamGoodhand Nap6 was great…except it would always confuse North Americans on exam since we don’t have Teic here (Canada) and so the classic q ranking risk of anaphylaxis in was always nmb>abx since we primarily use ancef (which can be given to pen aller despite being a cephalosporin)

[Richard Alexander @RFAAnesthesia]

@antonchau1 Aussies ain’t messin around ! 27 cases 100% hyst 100% GA!?

I’m sure @antonchau1 knows the nuances of those 12 studies… I got some reading to do.