1. Develop a difficult airway cart. Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director for Total Anesthesia Solutions and medical director for Health Inventures, says an ambulatory surgery center’s first priority in ...
Despite the growth in use of procedural suites outside of the operating room, non-OR anesthesia (NORA) care remains a troubling concern for patient safety, experts say. Non-OR procedure suites -- such ...
Seeking to reduce the incidence of critical events in high-risk patients, the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI)—NAPA’s certified Patient Safety Organization (PSO)—conducted a systemwide ...
Safe anesthetic procedures begin with patient and case selection, according to oral and maxillofacial surgery expert Stuart Lieblich, DMD. He spoke about keeping patients safe during office-based ...
Board-certified plastic surgeon shares a practical, question-based guide to help patients verify credentials, facility ...
The quality of anesthesia can affect patient satisfaction, quality outcomes and finances in a surgery center. Richard P. Dutton, MD, executive director of the Anesthesia Quality Institute, discusses ...
Bridging Engineering and Medicine: Dr. Steven J. Barker’s Lifelong Mission to Advance Patient Safety
Modern medicine increasingly relies on technology not just to treat illness but to understand the human body in real time. Nowhere is that shift more profound than in patient monitoring and anesthesia ...
Anesthesia complications can endanger patient safety, prolong case time and decrease patient satisfaction. While anesthesia has a history of high quality in surgery centers, Thomas Wherry, MD, founder ...
People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are prohibited from receiving any type of anesthesia, supposedly because it's a "great hazard" and could cause a vaccinated patient to "die immediately ...
Anesthesia is a type of medication that prevents people from feeling pain during or following surgery. There are four main categories of anesthesia: local, regional, general, and sedation. Share on ...
A two-year-old boy died after a visit to Valleygate Dental Surgery Center in Greensboro. The family of Er'Mias Mitchell told WXII that he was there for a cavity surgery involving anesthesia, and that ...
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