ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 17. It is your first day in Guatemala, where you are scheduled to provide anesthesia as part of a medical mission. In checking your anesthesia machine on the first morning, you notice there are no gas cylinders attached to the machine. You are directed to a storage closet with multiple […]
Read MoreAuthors: Anila B Elliott, MD et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Intrahospital transport is a common occurrence for many hospitalized patients. Critically ill children are an especially vulnerable population who experience preventable adverse events at least once a week, on average.1 Transporting these patients throughout the hospital introduces additional hazards and increases the risk of adverse […]
Read MoreAuthors: Tricia A. Meyer et al Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Volume 38, No. 2 • June 2023 BACKGROUND Administering the wrong medication is one of the most feared complications in any field of medicine. Anesthesia professionals are some of the only providers who prescribe, prepare, and administer their own medications. Therefore, the perceived fear among anesthesia […]
Read MoreA hacking incident at a New York-based administrative services firm has resulted in a growing list of anesthesiology practices reporting breaches that so far have affected the personal information of about 430,000 people. Somnia Inc., in Harrison, New York, is a physician-owned anesthesia management services firm that also appears to have corporate or leadership ties […]
Read MoreAuthors: Julio C. Montejano, MD et al ASA Monitor January 2023, Vol. 87, 32–33. Mr. Teguo educates the anesthesia team and the future IONM technologist on proper electrode placement. The stated mission of the ASA Committee on Global Health is to enhance, support, educate, represent and collaborate for safe anesthesia practice worldwide. As an ASA Committee […]
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