Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast

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The official podcast of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) is hosted by Alli Bechtel, MD, featuring the latest information and news in perioperative and anesthesia patient safety. The APSF podcast is intended for anesthesiologists, anesthetists, clinicians and other professionals with an interest in anesthesiology, and patient safety advocates around the world. The Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast delivers the best of the APSF Newsletter and website directly to you, so you can listen on the go! This includes some of the most important COVID-19 information on airway management, ve...

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#89 Unplanned Extubation Part 2: Prevention 15.03.2022 13:33

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 today as we dive back into the February 2022 APSF Newsletter article to learn about endotracheal tube securement and prevention of unplanned extubation events and related resources to help keep patients safe. We h...

#88 Unplanned Extubation Part 1: Incidence and Risk Factors 08.03.2022 15:18

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 today as we dive into the February 2022 APSF Newsletter article to learn about the incidence and risk factors for unplanned extubation events. Spoiler alert: This event places patients at risk for major complicat...

#87 Timing for Surgery following COVID-19 Infection and Postoperative Complications 01.03.2022 19:03

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 today as we review the latest recommendations from the APSF and the ASA on the timing for elective surgery for patients following infection with COVID-19 to help minimize postoperative complications and keep patie...

#86 Second Victim Syndrome: What Happens Next? 22.02.2022 16:49

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 talking about Second Victim Syndrome which is critical to acknowledge, recognize, and treat following an unexpected adverse event. Our featured article is from the October 2021 APSF Newsletter by Stephanie D...

#85 Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring: Now and Going Forward 15.02.2022 16:02

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 today as we continue our discussion of advanced technology and quantitative neuromuscular monitoring devices. Plus, we will discuss the rollout of these new monitors in an anesthesiology department. If you are loo...

#84 Keeping Patients Safe and Strong with Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring 08.02.2022 16:26

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. On the show today, we might be in a NORA location or back in the operating room or in the Intensive Care Unit because we are discussing a device that may be used anywhere neuromuscular blocking agents are administered. Th...

#83 Keeping Patients Safe During NORA, Part 2 01.02.2022 13:41

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. Our theme today is NORA patient safety. Join us for a closer look at the “Statement on Non-operating Room Anaesthetizing Locations” guidelines from the ASA before we jump back into our featured article, “Safety in Non-ope...

#82 Keeping Patients Safe During NORA 25.01.2022 14:45

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. We are staying put in our NORA location as we review an article from the June 2019 APSF Newsletter, “Safety in Non-operating Room Locations.” Tune in to learn more about the challenges of providing safe patient care in th...

#81 Massive Hemoptysis in the CT-Suite 18.01.2022 16:33

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 today from a NORA location, the CT-suite, as we discuss an emergency response protocol for Massive Hemoptysis following CT-guided lung biopsy. This protocol is a vital step towards improved communication and teamw...

#80 Using a Time-Out to Keep Patients Safe During NORA 11.01.2022 16:26

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 today as we move out of the operating room and head offsite to discuss keeping patients safe during non-operating room anesthesia (NORA). The focus for the show today is the implementation of a time-out checklist...

#79 Anemia, Iron Supplements, and Maternal Patient Safety 04.01.2022 16:46

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. The theme for our first show of 2022 is maternal patient safety with a spotlight on iron deficiency anemia in pregnancy. Tune in to learn more about the diagnosis, treatment options, and the role for anesthesia professiona...

#78 Nitrous Oxide for Labor Analgesia 28.12.2021 18:56

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. Do you provide nitrous oxide for labor analgesia on your labor and delivery units? Tune in today as we review the efficacy of this medication as well as the maternal, fetal, and occupational safety considerations. Plus, we...

#77 Keeping Patients Safe During Anesthesia Care with an LMA 21.12.2021 14:20

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. Have you placed a Laryngeal Mask Airway recently? Was it for routine use during general anesthesia or as part of the difficult airway algorithm or was it for a non-standard clinical practice? Join us today for Part 2 of ou...

#76 The Past, Present, and Future of LMA Use 14.12.2021 16:10

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. Have you placed a Laryngeal Mask Airway recently? Was it for routine use during general anesthesia or as part of the difficult airway algorithm or was it for a non-standard clinical practice? Join us today to learn about L...

#75 The Luer of Anesthesia Patient Safety: Part 2 07.12.2021 14:41

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 for the exciting conclusion to our two part series on Luer connections. Today, we review the article “Managing Luer Connections” by Bruce Hansel. We dive into strategies for making, managing, and monitoring luer co...

#74 The Luer of Anesthesia Patient Safety 30.11.2021 12:27

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. We are luring you into the October 2021 APSF Newsletter. Join us for a Rapid Response to questions from our readers show. To kick things off, we are reviewing a case of air entrainment during aspiration of an extension set...

#73 Giving Thanks and an Encore: Healthy Relationships Across the Surgical Drapes 23.11.2021 14:43

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 for an encore presentation of Episode 6. We 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...

#72 Building a Difficult Airway Response Team Program 16.11.2021 23:30

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 today as we learn about the adoption and diffusion of an innovation, the Difficult Airway Response Team program at Kootenai Health Hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho adapted from the DART program at Johns Hopkins Hos...

#71 Considerations for Blood Pressure Management 09.11.2021 13:11

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. We are back to talk about a very important vital sign during and after anesthesia care – blood pressure. Last week, we discussed associations with perioperative hypotension. Today, we continue the conversation and review c...

#70 Perioperative Hypotension and Postoperative Mortality 02.11.2021 15:56

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. Whether you are cycling the blood pressure cuff or placing an arterial line, it is vital to monitor the blood pressure closely during anesthesia care. What happens when patients experience hypotension during the perioperat...

#69 Let’s Build on the Momentum: Stoelting Conference 2021 Wrap-up 26.10.2021 15:51

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 is the final show in our four part series on the 2021 APSF Stoelting Conference, “Clinician Safety, To Care is Human.” We are answering some questions from the audience at the conference and discussing some calls to...

#68 Tackling the Problem of Clinician Safety 19.10.2021 19:34

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. We have talked about the problems related to clinician safety and wellbeing recently. Join us today as we offer potential solutions. There is so much that departments, private practices, healthcare organizations, and socie...

#67 Barriers and Facilitators to Clinician Wellbeing 12.10.2021 18:53

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 today for the second episode in our series on the APSF 2021 Stoelting Conference: Clinician Safety, To Care is Human. Join us to learn all about barriers and facilitators of clinician wellbeing with a focus on orga...

#66 Bonus Episode: Patient Safety at Anesthesiology 2021 07.10.2021 11:28

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 today for a special bonus episode all about how you can get the most out of Anesthesiology 2021. We discuss APSF featured events, patient safety sessions that contribute to patient safety CME for MOCA, and ways to...

#65 Clinician Safety, To Care is Human, Part 1 05.10.2021 18:25

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 today for the first episode in our series on the APSF 2021 Stoelting Conference: Clinician Safety, To Care is Human. Join us to learn all about defining the problem of clinician safety with a focus on how this rela...