Hey guys,
Our Chief Medical Officer dug up an old regulation that requires all anesthesia providers maintain current PALS certification. Don't know about you, but this was news to me and will be a giant pain in the ass to get all of my providers certified if this is the direction they decide to go. We are Level II trauma facility and yes, we take care of kids, but usually bread and butter peds, nothing too crazy. On the one hand, I can understand their argument which goes something like "why, if you are taking care of children in an operative setting, should we not expect the provider to have the proper skills/knowledge/certification to manage a crisis situation". Somewhat hard to argue, but I would counter with "Residency training in anesthesiology already establishes expertise in the management of anesthetic emergencies, to include cardiac arrest. Airway management and resuscitation skills are a core competency of all anesthesiologists, and this certification will not enhance patient care".
Conflicted on this one though. What do you guys think?
Our Chief Medical Officer dug up an old regulation that requires all anesthesia providers maintain current PALS certification. Don't know about you, but this was news to me and will be a giant pain in the ass to get all of my providers certified if this is the direction they decide to go. We are Level II trauma facility and yes, we take care of kids, but usually bread and butter peds, nothing too crazy. On the one hand, I can understand their argument which goes something like "why, if you are taking care of children in an operative setting, should we not expect the provider to have the proper skills/knowledge/certification to manage a crisis situation". Somewhat hard to argue, but I would counter with "Residency training in anesthesiology already establishes expertise in the management of anesthetic emergencies, to include cardiac arrest. Airway management and resuscitation skills are a core competency of all anesthesiologists, and this certification will not enhance patient care".
Conflicted on this one though. What do you guys think?