Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. This is a special two-part podcast where we look at the rising maternal mortality rates in the United States and what steps are being taken to reverse this concerning trend. Please join us to learn about Maternal Safety Bundles and the role of anesthesia professionals as peripartum physicians and advocates for improved ma...
Nov 24, 2020•15 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today on the show we are reviewing one of the featured articles from the June 2020 APSF Newsletter, “Postoperative Recurarization After Sugammadex Administration Due to the Lack of Appropriate Neuromuscular Monitoring: The Japanese Experience.” Tune in to learn more about how to keep your patients safe and strong followin...
Nov 17, 2020•15 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Tune in to learn about what anesthesia professionals can do to help protect against cybersecurity threats. We also discuss tranexamic acid and local anesthetic administration errors including how this can occur and what steps are helpful to prevent this devastating complication. Next up is an important Rapid Response to q...
Nov 10, 2020•16 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Join us as we return to the APSF Novel Coronavirus Resource Center to talk about OR ventilation for patients with COVID-19. There are a lot of questions and we have some of the answers and a lot of resources for you. © 2020, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page a...
Nov 03, 2020•11 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today, we are going to dive back into the APSF 35th Anniversary Newsletter, the Jade edition with a focus on postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade. Spoiler alert: this is still a threat to patient safety today! Help is on the way with Sugammadex and new quantitative monitors of neuromuscular function. Tune in to l...
Oct 27, 2020•19 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today, we are going to dive back into the APSF 35th Anniversary Newsletter, the Jade edition with a focus on postoperative visual loss or POVL and specifically ischemic optic neuropathy or ION following spinal fusion surgery. Tune in to hear the tale of recognizing an increasing complication, working to learn so much more...
Oct 20, 2020•20 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today, we are going to dive back into the 35th Anniversary APSF Newsletter, the Jade edition. We review the original article on OR fires from 1991. The conversation heats up as we look at the article, “Surgical Fire Prevention: A Review,” that you can find in the 35th Anniversary APSF Newsletter. Tune in to learn more abo...
Oct 13, 2020•17 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today, we are going dive into the 35th Anniversary Edition of the APSF Newsletter, the Jade edition. We reveal behind the scenes information about the creation and production of the newsletter. In addition, we provide a 2020 update for the perioperative management for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. ...
Oct 06, 2020•21 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today, we are going to review a featured article from the June 2019 Newsletter, “Alarm fatigue and patient safety” by Keith Ruskin and James Bliss. We hope that you tune in as we review the scope of the problem and offer some potential solutions. © 2020, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation For show notes & transc...
Sep 29, 2020•15 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast will be an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today on the show, I discuss the APSF Grant Recipient for 2020, Scott Segal, MD, for his winning project “Development of Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Difficult Airway Management.” This is an APSF/Medtronic Research Award. Segal’s project seeks to develop a facial recognition machine learning program to repl...
Sep 22, 2020•11 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. This is an APSF Newsletter archives show. Today on the show, we discuss the role of the Preoperative Assessment Clinic in terms of improving patient safety as well as operating room efficiency and surgeon and patient satisfaction. In addition, we explore the importance of preoperative anesthesia education to improve patie...
Sep 15, 2020•14 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today on the show, we return to the APSF’s Novel Coronavirus Resource Center and review 11 Frequently Asked Questions related to clinical care. These questions and answers are so important as we strive to keep patients, anesthesia professionals and healthcare providers safe while providing anesthesia care during the Covid...
Sep 08, 2020•16 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today on the show, we review perioperative considerations for patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) include the following: pacemakers indicated for bradyarrhythmia treatment, implantable cardioverter defibrillators or ICDs for tachyarrhythmia management, and cardiac resynchronization therapy ...
Sep 01, 2020•20 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today on the show, we explore the Rapid Response to questions from our readers section. We take a closer look at the question of non-invasive blood pressure monitoring gaps during anesthesia patient care. What is the ideal monitor to alert the clinician to a monitoring gap without adding to nuisance alarms and alarm fatig...
Aug 25, 2020•17 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by me, Alli Bechtel. This podcast is an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today on the show, I discuss the APSF Research Program and the 2020 APSF Investigator Initiated Grant Recipient, Sheila Riazi, MD, for her project titled “A Minimally Invasive Diagnostic Test for Malignant Hyperthermia.” I round out the show with a review of the APSF article, “Malignant Hyperthermia Preparedness: Stoc...
Aug 18, 2020•16 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by me, Alli Bechtel. This podcast will be an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today on the show, I discuss the article, “Healthy Relationships Between Anesthesia Professionals and Surgeons are Vital to Patient Safety” by Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD. Tune in learn about why this dyad is so important for patient safety and how to help strengthen this relationship. For show notes & transcript,...
Aug 11, 2020•12 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast will be an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. Today on the show I return to the Novel Coronavirus Resource Center and talk about, “An Update on the Perioperative Considerations for COVID-19 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)” by Zucco and colleagues. I cover viral transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and safety considerations for healthcare provi...
Aug 04, 2020•17 min
During the show today, I talk about the 2020 President’s Report by Mark Warner, MD, president of the APSF. This was published in the February 2020 APSF Newsletter. I also review the role of effective leadership on creating and improving a culture of safety for patients and healthcare professionals as well as provide information about creating a successful intraoperative handoff communication tool. For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/4...
Jul 29, 2020•16 min
During this episode, I introduce the famous APSF Newsletter. I also dive into the June 2020 Newsletter and review the 3 featured articles. Finally, I discuss the Letter to the Editor and the case of the misfilled vaporizer. For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/3-highlights-from-the-june-2020-apsf-newsletter/
Jul 21, 2020•16 min
Welcome to the next installment of the Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast will be an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. On today’s episode, I talk about the APSF Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) resource center. Here is the link and be sure to check it out. https://www.apsf.org/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-resource-center/ Here is the disclaimer about the material presented on the APSF Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Resource Center: Disclaime...
Jul 07, 2020•14 min
Welcome to the first episode of the new Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel. This podcast will be an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety. On today’s episode, I introduce the new podcast and review the mission statement and vision statement of the APSF. https://www.apsf.org/about-apsf/mission-and-vision-statements/ I also review the 12 Patient Safety Priorities of the APSF. https://www.apsf.org/patient-safety-initiatives/ Before we jump into all of the...
Jun 30, 2020•11 min
