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Lt Col Cynthia Parent

Anesthesia Provider, 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, Prince Sultan Air Base Lt Col Parent entered active duty in 1993 as a trauma ICU nurse. In 1995 she entered in the Air Force Institute of Technology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Department of Nurse Anesthesia Bethesda Maryland. She completed her graduate degree at Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth Texas and completed her residency at the University of California David Grant Medical Center and Travis Air Force Base. After 10 years of active duty Service she entered the Washington Air National Guard, serving on the Ground Surgical Team since 2015. Lt Col Parent resides in Spokane Washington. She is currently a clinical instructor at Sacred Heart Medical Center for the Gonzaga Dept of Nurse Anesthesiology Doctorate Program. The Nurse Anesthetist provides perioperative anesthesia care to surgical patients to include preoperative evaluation and resuscitation, intraoperative anesthetic management, postoperative stabilization, sedation, pain management, and preparation for transport. They are also responsible for providing hemodynamic and respiratory support, sedation, and pain management for non[1]surgical candidates. The anesthesiology provider serves as the GST’s controlled substances officer and is responsible for maintaining the team’s medication supply. They may also assist with preoperative and postoperative clinical care and help maintain the GST’s blood supply inventory.