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ASA Monitor May 2022, Vol. 86, 16. Due to national drug shortages, your facility is unable to obtain bupivacaine. You are planning a peripheral nerve block, and the only preservative-free local anesthetic available is 1.5% mepivacaine. What would be the MOST likely result of using mepivacaine in comparison to bupivacaine? □ (A) Greater risk for toxicity □ (B) […]
Read MoreAuthor: Victor Davila, MD, FASA ASA Monitor May 2022, Vol. 86, 15. Establishing the Physician-Patient Relationship is the first of a four-part series that provides more information and insight about ASA’s Enhancing Patient Communications Program. It is easy to forget how stressful the overall surgical experience can be. Even though it may be unfamiliar for the patient, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Matt Vera BSN RN Starting an IV to a pediatric patient is extra challenging as their veins are smaller and are sometimes distressed when they see a needle. Hopefully, these IV tips for pediatric patients can help you: Keep calm and calm the child. When starting an IV on an infant, try soothing them beforehand […]
Read MoreASA Monitor May 2022, Vol. 86, 18–19. Case 1 A trauma patient from the emergency department showed up as a “surprise” to the operating room. No known history, shot multiple times in the head, chest, and abdomen; emergency thoracotomy in ED after arrest. In the OR, his end-tidal CO2 was 9 mmHg and he had no […]
Read MoreAuthors: Ellile Sultan, MD, BMedSci, FRCA, MSc, CRA, T. Kyle Harrison, MD ASA Monitor May 2022, Vol. 86, 44–45. Only minutes after lifting off from LaGuardia Airport, two senior pilots were rapidly thrust into an emergency that threatened not only their lives but their passengers’ lives and unknown numbers of ground casualties (asamonitor.pub/35PIt9e). Following take […]
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