Survey of Current Status and Physician Opinion Regarding Ancillary Staffing for the IR Suite

Procedural Impact of a Dedicated Interventional Oncology Service Line in a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center

“…Acquiring dedicated staff requires capital support. Given that most IRs report suboptimal support in the procedure suites, getting staffing comparable to surgical or medical oncology is a challenge [29]. We hope that other IO service lines and IR divisions can use these data to demonstrate value.…”

Looking Into the Future: The Current and Future State of IR in Canada

“…31 In a 2014 survey of active SIR members, 74% agreed that institutional guidelines to mandate staffing and anesthesia support based on case and patient complexity would improve patient care at their institutions. 32 Further, only 56% of respondents agreed that anesthesia services were readily available after hours and on weekends. With increasing patient and procedural complexity, anesthesiology availability in the IR suite in Canada will be important for optimal patient care, safety, and comfort, along with reducing medical complications.…”

Application of Bundle Care in Patient with Individualized Sedation Care During the Interventional Therapy for Anterior-circulation Acute Ischemic Stroke

“…With the rapid development of interventional diagnosis and treatment technology and the shortage of nursing human resources, the workload of interventional surgery has increased dramatically. In the face of an increasing number of patients or emergency operations with potential sedation needs, especially in the emergency of AIS patients, the nurses are often responsible for the monitoring and nursing of sedated patients under the instructions of doctors, which is very common [2][3][4]. The American Association of Radiology and Imaging Nurses (ARIN) has proposed [15] that a professional anesthesiologist is not required in an interventional operation when a nurse with sufficient experience is responsible for the patient's moderate sedation.…”

“…According to the latest guidelines [1], there is no significant difference in the prognosis between general anesthesia and non-general anesthesia in AIS patients with circulatory occlusion during thrombectomy, and individualized sedation is recommended according to specific conditions. By the principle of "Time is brain and every second counts", the emergency interventional operation of AIS patients with anterior circulation occlusion is generally done without notice or waiting for anesthesiologists, and the sedation and nursing of patients are often undertaken by the interventional nurses under the instructions of doctors [2][3][4][5]. Bundle of care integrates a series of treatment and nursing measures based on evidence-based medicine, and an individualized sedation bundle of care is very important to ensure the safety of patients and shorten the time of emergency intravascular thrombectomy [6].…”