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Anesthesia

Anesthesia organizations.





American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Description: Accreditation, certification, careers, insurance, links, peer assistance, standards, policy statements, and job opportunities.

American Board of Anesthesiology

Description: Certification information, FAQ,, downloads, and web links relevant to anesthesia practice.

American Dental Board of Anesthesiology

Description: Examinations, downloads, and web links relevant to dental anesthesia practice.

American Society of Anesthesiologists

Description: ASA is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient. This site contains the ASA's Practice Guidelines and Standards.

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

Description: ASPAN is the professional specialty nursing organization representing nurses practicing in all phases of ambulatory surgery, pre-anesthesia and post-anesthesia care.

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

Description: Resources, links, references, clinical safety, newsletter, SARs guidelines.

Critical Incident Reporting System

Description: CIRSĀ© is an anonymous and international forum on critical incidents in anesthesiology. This is a reporting system of the Swiss Anesthesia Server, run by the Department of Anesthesia, University of Basel, Switzerland. Its mission is to create an international forum where critical incidents in daily anesthetic practice are collected and distributed. This program not only allows the submission of critical incidents but also serves as a teaching instrument.

Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia

Description: Membership information, research grants, patient information in multiple languages.

Society for Pediatric Anesthesia

Description:Materials of interest to practice focus on pediatric patient anesthesia, job postings, and extensive links to sub-specialty anesthesia organizations and resources.