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The Anesthetic Agent Substance Abusing Provider. Poonam Agarwal, RN, BSN, SRNA Valentyna Groelle, RN, BSN, SRNA York College of Pennsylvania Nurse Anesthetist Program. Objectives.
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The Anesthetic Agent Substance Abusing Provider Poonam Agarwal, RN, BSN, SRNA Valentyna Groelle, RN, BSN, SRNA York College of Pennsylvania Nurse Anesthetist Program
Objectives • Discuss statistics and risk factors for anesthetic agent and substance abuse among Nurse Anesthetists and Anesthesiologists. • Identify currently abused anesthetic agents, in addition to patterns of behavior of the addicted provider. • Discuss legal issues regarding reporting impaired provider. • Examine current treatment and recovery programs, as well as options for reentry into the workforce.
Why Can’t Addicts Just Quit? Non-Addicted Brain Addicted Brain Control Control Drive GO Saliency NO GO Drive Saliency Memory Memory Because Addiction Changes Brain Circuits Adapted from Volkow et al., Neuropharmacology, 2004.
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