Post Anesthesia Expert Witnesses

Menifee, California

Nurse, Critical Care Medicine - Critical Care, Trauma, Surgical, Recovery Room, Adult, Pulmonary, PACU, Nursing Education, Post-Anesthesia, ICU, Informatics, Discharge, Stroke, Documentation, Anesthesia, Life Support, Head Trauma, Brain Bleed, Cardiac Arrest, Neurology

I am a highly experienced critical care nurse with more than 10 years of practice at a Level 1 trauma center, where I have provided care to critically ill and medically complex patients in high-acuity, fast-paced environments. My clinical background includes extensive experience in Neuro-ICU and Post-Anesthesia Care, with a focus on managing neurologically compromised patients, post-surgical recovery, and rapid clinical deterioration. I hold a master's degree in nursing and am currently completing my PhD, reflecting my commitment to advancing clinical knowledge, evidence-based practice, and healthcare outcomes. I have maintained national certification in critical care since 2017, demonstrating continued expertise and adherence to the highest standards of nursing practice. Throughout my career, I have served in multiple roles that support both bedside care and hospital-wide clinical operations, including critical care nurse, rapid response nurse, house supervisor, charge nurse, and...

San Marcos, California

Nurse, Critical Care Surgery - Registered Nurse, PACU, post anesthesia, critical care, general surgery, plastic surgery, urology, OB-GYN, orthopedics, robotic, medications, laparoscopic, spinal surgery, pain procedures, eye surgery, ambulatory surgery, colorectal, education, competencies

Anne McAdam has been a California registered nurse for 21 years and has served in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Post Anesthesia Care Unit and Ambulatory Post Anesthesia Care Unit. She also worked as a Nurse Educator in a women’s acute care unit and recovery room, where she trained nurses and contributed to the development and revision of nursing competencies and policies and procedures. In the recovery room, she worked in various capacities including bedside clinician, charge nurse and preceptor to students, new graduates and transferring nurses. In 2008, she worked as an adjunct faculty member at National University where she was a lecture professor for Medical Surgical Nursing III. She currently cares for a variety of inpatient and outpatient postoperative patients in an ambulatory care center recovery room.