Anesthesia
Live-stream
David Todd, DMD, MD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Private Practice
Lakewood, New York
This session will focus on the provision of anesthesia to the geriatric patient and using inhalational agents in the provision of outpatient OMS procedures. Given the population bell curve, OMS providers will continue to see an increase in the number of geriatric patients they see and treat in their offices, bringing a new set of challenges OMSs need to consider and adapt to. The majority of OMSs tend to use intravenous medications as the mainstay in the delivery of their outpatient anesthesia. However, many patients regard the placement of an IV needle as an anxiety-provoking event. Use of inhalation agents prior to the placement of IV access can alleviate a patient’s anxiety, but it can present challenges to the OMS that will be reviewed during this session.
Speaker: Anne Donovan, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco
Speaker: Robert E. Doriot, DDS, FACS – Albany Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Group