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Patients Want Anesthesiologists

The Votes Are In: Patients Want Anesthesiologists

You were elected to represent your constituents and to fight for their best interests, so it’s worth asking patients who they want available in the operating room to keep them safe. The answer is resounding: an anesthesiologist, the leader of the Anesthesia Care Team and the only medical doctor on the team. As experts in perioperative care, anesthesiologists also identify, minimize, and prepare for patient risks before surgery and help direct patient recovery and pain management after the procedure.

Surgeons understand the value of anesthesiologists, too—93% of them say that anesthesiologists can best protect their patients in the operating room.*

*Source: Independent survey conducted by PSB for the American Society of Anesthesiologists in December 2019.

The Evidence Is In:  Anesthesiologists Protect Patients and Save Lives

It’s not just a preference. Research findings and firsthand accounts show that anesthesiologists are indispensable.

Reviving a Young Mother Who Had “Essentially Died”


Made for This Moment

When the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed hospitals with severely ill patients, anesthesiologists stepped up. The depth and breadth of their education and training prepared them as leaders and experts in pulmonary physiology, critical care medicine, ventilation strategies, resuscitation, intubation, and pain management.

How Can Policymakers Protect Their Constituents?

Protect your constituents and preserve physician-led care by opposing any legislation that removes anesthesiologists from anesthesia care in your state. Take these three easy steps to get started.

  1. Equip yourself with facts and firsthand accounts about the ways anesthesiologists ensure patient safety.
  2. Learn what the best research shows about how patient outcomes, health care access, and medical costs are impacted by the removal of anesthesiologists from surgery—and how some research is riddled with flaws.
  3. Contact us for help getting in touch with an anesthesiologist in your constituency.

 

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