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What Does it Take to NOT Kill a Patient – Part I
– The cause of death was barotrauma as a result of perforation of the right lung as a complication of anaesthetic administration. The relevant underlying condition was a fracture of the distal phalanx...
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What Does it Take to NOT Kill a Patient – Part II
– The use of simulation is a valuable tool because it allows us an insight into ourselves when the odds are stacked against us. Every pilot has screwed up in the simulator, and those events allow us...
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What Does it Take to NOT Kill a Patient – Part III
- There is a must listen to podcast at EMCrit in combination with Resus.Me. Dr. Cliff Reid is interviewing one of the authors of the study,[1] Dr. Jonathan Benger – EMCrit Podcast 47 – Failure to Plan...
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What Does it Take to NOT Kill a Patient – Part IV
- This is a review of bad outcomes by anaesthetists (anesthesiologists in the US), not paramedics, so we should expect that, because of much less experience, paramedics would have much worse outcomes...
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What Does it Take to NOT Kill a Patient – Part V
- Continuing to look at the review of major airway complications from the UK. – Poor planning contributed to poor airway outcomes. When potential difficulty with airway management is identified a...
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What Does it Take to NOT Kill a Patient – Part VI
- Continuing to look at the review of major airway complications from the UK. – Poor airway assessment contributed to poor airway outcomes. This was due to omission, incomplete assessment or a failure...
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Post-Intubation Package and Alarms
– What do we do after the tube is in? No. It is not time to use the laryngoscope blade as a bottle opener. There is a lot still to do. The quotes are some of the points Dr. Weingart makes. The...
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