Question

Anesthesia start time is reported as 7:14 am, and the surgery began at 7:26 am. The surgery finished at 8:18 am and the patient was turned over to PACU at 8:29 am, which was reported as the ending anesthesia time. What is the anesthesia time reported?

a) 7:14 am to 8:18 am (64 minutes)
b) 7:14 am to 8:29 am (75 minutes)
c) 7:26 am to 8:18 am (52 minutes)
d) 7:26 am to 8:29 am (63 minutes)

Answer 1

The anesthesia time for this procedure is calculated from the reported start time of 7:14 am to the reported end time of 8:29 am, totaling 75 minutes. Therefore, option b), 7:14 am to 8:29 am (75 minutes), is the correct anesthesia time.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question pertains to calculating the total anesthesia time for a surgical procedure. The anesthesia start time is given as 7:14 am, and the reported ending anesthesia time when the patient was turned over to the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) is 8:29 am. To find the total anesthesia time, we calculate the duration from the start time to the ending time.

To do this, we note the times:

• Anesthesia start time: 7:14 am
• Anesthesia end time: 8:29 am

By calculating the time difference, we find:

1. From 7:14 am to 8:14 am is 60 minutes.
2. Adding the minutes from 8:14 am to 8:29 am, which is 15 minutes.
3. Total anesthesia time is the sum of the two durations, which equals to 75 minutes.

Therefore, the correct reporting of anesthesia time is from 7:14 am to 8:29 am, totaling 75 minutes, which corresponds to option b).