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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#39 Perioperative Hypersensitivity and Patient Safety 06.04.2021 20:30

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. Have you seen a patient with a perioperative hypersensitivity reaction? What was the culprit? Join us today as we discuss perioperative hypersensitivity reactions including the latest on identification and evaluation. Spoi...

#38 Breathing System Filters: Questions and Considerations 30.03.2021 20:03

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. The question is, “HEPA Filters. Do we really know enough?” Tune in today for more information about patient infection risk from contaminated breathing systems, viral transmission modes, the physics of filtration, different...

#37 Stay Pharmacovigilant When Using Sevoflurane and Desflurane 23.03.2021 20:02

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. Tune in today as we dive into the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System to evaluate the database entries for Sevoflurane and Desflurane over the past 25 -30 years. We discuss important safety concerns related to these medicat...

#36 Detecting Potential Failures and Improving Patient Safety 16.03.2021 16:04

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 to learn all about a method for process improvement than may be used to increase anesthesia patient safety with the added benefit of improved efficiency. That’s right today we are talking about “Proactive Per...

#35 Powerful Anesthesia Patient Safety Questions and Considerations 09.03.2021 19:01

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 covering 2 powerful patient safety areas that are featured in the February 2021 APSF Newsletter. Join us as we look at a case of an unexpected anesthesia machine failure. We also discuss considerat...

#34 Culture of Safety: Featuring Adverse Event Disclosure 03.03.2021 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 are diving into the most recent February 2021 APSF Newsletter with exclusive content from one of the authors. Join us today to hear about why it is so important to develop and maintain a culture of safety with a disclos...

#33 Not the LAST word on Anesthesia Patient Safety 23.02.2021 20:00

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 returning to our review of local anesthetic systemic toxicity and this won’t be the LAST time. Tune in to learn all about incidence, risk factors, clinical presentation, and treatment for LAST. If you adminis...

#32 Intralipid to the Rescue 16.02.2021 16:23

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 heading into the APSF Newsletter archives to review the article, “Intralipid Treatment of Bupivacaine Toxicity” by Pete Stiles and Richard Prielipp that appeared in the Spring 2009 APSF Newsletter. This will...

#31 Pain Control and Patient Safety Starring Perioperative Methadone 09.02.2021 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. Today, we review the article from the February 2018 ASPF Newsletter, “Use of Methadone in the Perioperative Period” by Murphy and Szokol. So, what is the big deal with Methadone, what makes this a unique opioid analgesic,...

#30 Airway Emergency Preparedness in MRI 02.02.2021 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. You are sure to be attracted to our Rapid Response to questions from our readers show today as we review the article, “Airway Emergencies and Safety in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Suite” from the APSF February 2020 Ne...

#29 Technology and Anesthesia Patient Safety Reboot 26.01.2021 15:42

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. You do not want to miss this show with exclusive insights on the relationship between technology and anesthesia patient safety from Dr. Bob Thiele. We are also doing a re-boot of the Winter 2013 article, “Training Anesthe...

#28 Anesthesia and the Developing Brain: Part 2 19.01.2021 15:48

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 back the exciting sequel to last week’s episode. We return to the world of pediatric anesthesia today and talking about the effect of anesthesia agents on the developing brain. We look at “What Now” from the...

#27 Anesthesia and the Developing Brain: Part 1 12.01.2021 15:13

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 exploring the world of pediatric anesthesia today and talking about the effect of anesthesia agents on the developing brain. This is Part One where we look at “What Then” from the 2016 article by Luke Janik, MD “The...

#26 Lumbar Drain Placement: The Case of the Stuck Guidewire 05.01.2021 15:03

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. We return to the Rapid Response to questions from our readers section to review the case of the retained guidewire during lumbar drain placement. Has this ever happened to you? Tune in to find out what happened and learn m...

#25 Keeping Patients Safe After COVID-19 Infection 27.12.2020 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. For the last show of 2020, we return to the updated APSF Novel Coronavirus Anesthesia Resource Center to talk about the recently released joint statement by the ASA and APSF regarding elective surgery for patients who have...

#24 Wellness During the Covid-19 Pandemic 15.12.2020 13:03

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. We are heading back into the APSF Novel Coronavirus Anesthesia Resource Center. Today on the show we review the use of Powered Air-Purifying Respirators in the operating room. We also dive into the frequently asked questio...

#23 Enhanced Recovery and Patient Safety 08.12.2020 15:53

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. Are you ready to hit the road and talk about Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and anesthesia patient safety? Join us as we review the article from the June 2019 APSF Newsletter, “ERAS: Roadmap For A Safe Perioperativ...

#22 Part 2: Maternal Safety Bundles 01.12.2020 13:09

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 Bu...

#21 Part 1: Maternal Safety Bundles 24.11.2020 15:05

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 Bu...

#20 Postoperative Recurarization and Sugammadex: Staying Safe and Strong 17.11.2020 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. 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...

#19 Keeping Patients Safe: TXA Update and Transportation Ventilation 10.11.2020 15:47

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 st...

#18 Coronavirus Resources: OR Ventilation 03.11.2020 11:18

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 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. © 20...

#17 Strong Work On Residual Neuromuscular Blockade 27.10.2020 18:34

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. 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! Hel...

#16 Postoperative Vision Loss 20.10.2020 19:30

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. 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 surge...

#15 Only You Can Help Prevent OR Fires 13.10.2020 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. 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 Preve...