Medical Board Orders Plastic Surgeon To Use Anesthesiologist For Surgeries

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Under the agreement with the state medical board, Kim must complete a professional ethics program and a separate education program that assesses “anesthesia reactions in the surgical setting and a focus on the culture of safety.”
In addition, Kim will only be allowed to perform surgical procedures during his probationary term with a board-certified anesthesiologist. At the time of Nguyen’s procedure, Kim used Meeker, a nurse anesthetist.
Previously, the state Board of Nursing entered into an “Interim Cessation of Practice Agreement” with Meeker that went into effect on Jan. 2, 2020. Meeker has both a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) license and a registered nurse (RN) license in Colorado. The state did not do anything to impact Meeker’s RN license.
Under the voluntary agreement, Meeker can no longer administer anesthesia to patients but can still act as a nurse.
P.S. Patient weight 125 lbs. CRNA administered 250 mg of lidocaine with epinephrine and 62.5 mg of bupivicaine.

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[chocomorsel]

So when the probation ends, he's free to bring the nurse anesthetists back and mooch off their anesthesia collections?
I don't get it.

 

[CopaceticOne]

This whole case was discussed ad nauseam in this thread: Cosmetic Surgery Leaves Thornton Teen Brain Damaged

 

[Arch Guillotti]

This whole case was discussed ad nauseam in this thread: Cosmetic Surgery Leaves Thornton Teen Brain Damaged

Closing this thread since the other one is still open.