Search


	Podcast:		White Coat, Black Art on CBC Radio
	Episode:		Meet the people who help sedate you
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:26:41
	Publish Date:		2025-03-21 18:10:00
	Description:		A shortage of anesthesiologists in Canada often means postponed operations and procedures. But some hospitals are using anesthesia assistants (AAs) to get more patients into surgeries and routine procedures needing sedation. Dr. Brian Goldman observes AA Rob Bryan during a colonoscopy at an Ontario hospital to find out what he does. And Nova Scotia pediatric anesthesiologists Dr. Sally Bird and Dr. Mathew Kiberd say AAs have become an essential part of their anesthesia team.
	Total Play:		0