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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 4
          Author:   Pan (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SUBJECT  :    Physician Anesthesiologist Week

           SOURCE  :     California Society of Anesthesiologists


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates the week of January 11 to  
          January 17, 2015, as Physician Anesthesiologist Week.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1.Annually in the United States, more than 100 million  
            operations and procedures are performed with anesthesia and  
            physician anesthesiologists play a critical role in a  
            patient's well-being before, during, and after surgical  
            procedures and make patient safety their top priority.

          2.A physician anesthesiologist's duties include evaluating a  
            patient's current health prior to receiving anesthesia to  
            ensure the best outcome, administering anesthesia, monitoring  
            the patient during surgery, and assessing the patient after  
            the procedure is completed. This spectrum of patient care  
            constitutes the perioperative surgical home.  

          3.The American Society of Anesthesiologists has identified the  
            perioperative surgical home as an innovative model in patient  
            care where the physician anesthesiologist directs the  
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            anesthesia care team to provide support to the patient  
            throughout all aspects of surgical care and procedures; and  
            there is up to a 20 percent reduction in adverse events when  
            physician anesthesiologists lead the anesthesia care team.

          This resolution designates the week of January 11 to January 17,  
          2015, as Physician Anesthesiologist Week.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  1/12/15)

          California Society of Anesthesiologists (source)

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    The resolution's sponsor, California  
          Society of Anesthesiologists, writes: "Supervision of anesthesia  
          care by a physician anesthesiologist, a medical doctor who  
          specializes in anesthesiology, is vital before, during and after  
          surgery to ensure that every patient receives the safest and  
          highest quality of care, and experiences the best possible  
          outcomes.  Patients receive that care and optimal outcomes when  
          physician anesthesiologists deliver anesthesia or lead an  
          Anesthesia Care Team."


          MW:m  1/12/15   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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