ERAS Society In 2010, the study group created a not-for-profit international medical society called the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society for Perioperative Care—otherwise known as the ERAS Society. The ERAS Society is a collaborative society with the ultimate goal of improving perioperative care thorough efforts in research and education; however, the society is also interested in implementation of best practices. The society’s vision is to make ERAS not just a term for a protocol but a culture of consistent creation and improvement of the perioperative care process. The initial ERAS study group quickly expanded from a few organizations in Europe focusing on the development of perioperative care to a large group encompassing organizations
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For example, a doctor or nurse working in anesthesia will see a patient for a short period of time before the surgery primarily focused on making sure vital function is normal for the operation. They will continue these efforts during the surgery to make sure vitals are maintained within the correct parameters that is appropriate in practice. When the surgery in complete, the patient is transferred to the next team of clinicians in a recovery room or possible intensive care unit while the anesthesia team takes on a different case. It is rare that the anesthesia team has the time or feel that it’s a necessity to assess the patient later in the recovery environment so they have little insight about whether their treatment during surgery is beneficial to the patients hours or even days later. On the other hand, the nurses who receive the patients after surgery have no knowledge into what went on in the operating room. This makes it extremely difficult to know if the patient is presenting differently or better than when the patient was in the operating
For example, a doctor or nurse working in anesthesia will see a patient for a short period of time before the surgery primarily focused on making sure vital function is normal for the operation. They will continue these efforts during the surgery to make sure vitals are maintained within the correct parameters that is appropriate in practice. When the surgery in complete, the patient is transferred to the next team of clinicians in a recovery room or possible intensive care unit while the anesthesia team takes on a different case. It is rare that the anesthesia team has the time or feel that it’s a necessity to assess the patient later in the recovery environment so they have little insight about whether their treatment during surgery is beneficial to the patients hours or even days later. On the other hand, the nurses who receive the patients after surgery have no knowledge into what went on in the operating room. This makes it extremely difficult to know if the patient is presenting differently or better than when the patient was in the operating