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 turning up the flows once again. Join us as we review considerations for the use of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen (HFNO) with an emphasis on the benefits during difficult airway mana ... Show More
Sep 1
#322 Designing Safer Anesthesia
The fastest way to improve anesthesia patient safety is often to stop asking people to be perfect and start redesigning the world they work in. Dr. Alli Bechtel sits down with Dr. Lahiru Amaratunge, a consultant anesthetist in Melbourne, to unpack how human factors engineering, s ... Show More
29m 49s
Aug 25
#321 Safer Dental Anesthesia, PART 2
A dental office can feel low-stakes until the moment it isn’t. We pick up our conversation with Dr. Rita Agarwal to talk about the real-world safety gaps in dental sedation and dental anesthesia, especially for children, and the practical steps that can prevent a routine procedur ... Show More
27m 19s
Aug 18
#320 Dental Anesthesia Safety Gaps, PART 1
A dental chair shouldn’t be a place where safety standards slip, yet that’s the reality Dr. Rita Agarwal lays out with unsettling clarity. We talk through why office-based dental sedation and dental anesthesia can slide into dangerous territory: unclear definitions, uneven traini ... Show More
38m 47s
Jun 2024
E144: The Art of Anesthesia: Diverse Approaches With the Same Goal (Premium)
<p>In this episode, Cole and Tanner discuss the incredible versatility of anesthesia, highlighting the various approaches and methods available. They examine different cases and share their respective anesthetic plans, illustrating the art of anesthesia in practice. Ultimately, ... Show More
1m 7s
Jan 2024
Episode 70: Airway evaluation for non-anesthesiologists, with Jed Wolpaw
We discuss assessing patients prior to intubation or other airway management, including both elective and emergent circumstances, with Dr. Jed Wolpaw, anesthesiologist and intensivist from Johns Hopkins, anesthesiology residency program director, and host of the ACCRAC podcast. F ... Show More
58m 25s
Apr 2025
47. Extubation: Tube Be or Not Tube Be
On this week's episode of Critical Care Time, Nick & Cyrus tackle extubation. Join them for a pragmatic, soup-to-nuts approach on liberation from mechanical ventilation. You'll learn about the pre-extubation assessment, pitfalls and pears of the RSBI, who benefits from extubation ... Show More
1h 34m
Oct 2023
#311: From Terrified to Excited: A Guide to Conquering ICU Clinical Rotations
Welcome back to the Straight A Nursing podcast with Nurse Mo, where we dive into all things nursing school and the bedside. In today's episode, we're tackling ICU clinicals, a topic that can be both exciting and intimidating for nursing students. Nurse Mo shares her experiences a ... Show More
30m 41s
Oct 2025
Anaesthesia 2025 podcast - Human Factors - Hewitt lectureship
In this podcast, recorded at our Anaesthesia 2025 conference, Professor and Consultant Anaesthetist Helen Higham talks to Dr Paul Southall about her work and career improving the the 'complex and adaptive system' of anaesthesia often given by its shorthand, 'human factors'. For t ... Show More
29m 18s
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Contributor:</strong> Meghan Hurley, MD</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Educational Pearls: </strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Two main reasons to choose non-traditional RSI</p> </li> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> ... Show More
