The members of the Legislative and Practice Affairs Division of CSA regularly consider, approve and distribute policy statements concerning the practice of anesthesiology in general and in California in particular.

Policy Statements are posted in this space on a frequent basis and distributed to the membership in occasional blog posts.

CSA Standards, Guidelines and Statements

Model Sedation Protocol for Moderate Sedation and Analgesia Performed by Non-Anesthesia Practitioners (CSA Model Protocol)

ASA Standards, Guidelines and Statements

Practice Guidelines for Perioperative Blood Management

Practice Advisory on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Statement Comparing AA and CRNA Education and Practice

Definition of "Immediately Available" When Medically Directing

Practice Guidelines for the Prevention, Detection, and Management of Respiratory Depression Associated with Neuraxial Opioid Administration (ASA Guideline)

Other Standards, Guidelines and Statements

Medical Board of California's Revised Guidelines for Prescribing Controlled Substances for #Pain (2014 Nov)
 
Obstetric-Related Neurologic Complications (SOAP)
 
Virtual Transesophageal Echocardiography

Scope of Practice

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

National Board of Echocardiography