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.

What is your anesthetic plan for ERCP procedures? The debate between monitored anesthesia care and general endotracheal anesthesia continues today. We are focusing on the Con-side of the debate in favor of GEA for ERCP with special guest, Luke Janik, who contributed audio clips to the show today.

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For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/136-the-debate-continues-general-endotracheal-anesthesia-for-ercp/

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.

What is your anesthetic plan for ERCP procedures? Tune in today for a special Pro-Con debate show. We are focusing on the Pro-side of the debate in favor of monitored anesthesia care for ERCP and reviewing clinical monitoring, options to provide supplemental oxygen, and development of a safe and effective anesthetic plan.

© 2023, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/135-pros-for-providing-monitored-anesthesia-care-for-ercp/

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.

What is your anesthetic plan for ERCP procedures? Tune in today for a special Pro-Con debate show. We are focusing on the Pro-side of the debate in favor of monitored anesthesia care for ERCP with special guest, Samantha Stamper, who contributed audio clips to the show today.

Additional sound effects from: Zapsplat.

© 2023, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/134-keeping-patients-safe-during-monitored-anesthesia-care-for-ercp/

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 as we review perioperative considerations for methylene blue administration and the risk of serotonin toxicity. This is an article from our archives episode. We are talking all about serotonergic drugs, drug interactions, how to recognize serotonin toxicity, and treatment options.

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© 2023, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/133-perioperative-considerations-for-methylene-blue-administration-and-serotonin-toxicity/

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 today in the cardiac catheterization laboratory as we discuss interventional cardiology procedures including TAVR, MitraClip, transcatheter mitral valve replacement, transesophageal echocardiography, and direct current cardioversion. Tune in to learn more about these procedures, unique complications, and strategies to help keep patients safe.

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© 2023, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/132-keeping-patients-safe-during-interventional-cardiology-procedures/

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 first episode of 2023 we are headed into the electrophysiology lab. Tune in today to learn more about patient safety considerations during off-site cardiology procedures. Don't miss our discussion on preoperative evaluation, different types of ablations procedures, choice of anesthetic agents, unique complications, and important communication strategies to help keep patients safe.

© 2023, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/131-keeping-patients-safe-in-the-electrophysiology-lab/

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 back into the APSF Archives to discuss complications following epidural steroid injections. It is critical to understand the risks and benefits for these procedures. Tune in today as we review strategies to help keep patients safe during epidural steroid injections.

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© 2022, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/130-keeping-patients-safe-during-epidural-steroid-injections/

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 in the postanesthesia care unit today where we will be discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using this specialized unit for overflow intensive care unit patients. A key consideration is that anesthesia professionals must be included in the conversation to help keep postanesthesia patients and critically ill patients safe in the PACU.

© 2022, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/129-using-the-pacu-for-overflow-icu-patients-part-2/

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 in the postanesthesia care unit today where we will be discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using this specialized unit for overflow intensive care unit patients. A key consideration is that anesthesia professionals must be involved in the conversation and planning to help keep postanesthesia patients and critically ill patients safe while receiving care in the PACU.

© 2022, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/128-are-we-in-the-pacu-or-the-icu/

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 prepared to recognize and manage a patient with an amniotic fluid embolism? Tune in today for Part 2 of our series on amniotic fluid embolism. We are reviewing important keys to make the diagnosis, provide appropriate management, and debrief following a critical amniotic fluid embolism event.  Be on the lookout for patients who present with cardiorespiratory arrest and acute coagulopathy on the labor and delivery ward.

© 2022, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/127-amniotic-fluid-embolism-are-you-prepared-part-2/