In this issue:

Opioid Prescribing: Methadone Risk Mitigation

A Sad Parting: Patient Safety Pioneer Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., MD

Improving Patient Safety in the Office: The Institute for Safety in Office-Based Surgery

Risks of Anesthesia Care in Remote Locations

Dear SIRS: Wires Block APL Valve Interfering with Ventilation

Avoiding Catastrophic Complications from Epidural Steroid Injections

Q&A: Validity of Using Pulse Oximeter to Detect Adequate Blood Flow to Lower Extremity Questioned

Opioid Prescribing: REMS Sleep, Need Reawakening

Letter to the Editor:

Breathing Bag has
Faulty Connection

 

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Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Donors


Corporate Donors

 

Founding Patron ($500,000 and higher)

American Society of Anesthesiologists (asahq.org)

asa


Sustaining Professional Organization ($25,000 and higher)

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (aana.com)

aana

 

Sustaining Patron ($100,000 to $149,999)

Covidien Covidien (covidien.com)

Sponsoring Patron ($50,000 to $99,999)

MGI Pharma
Baxter Anesthesia and Critical Care (baxter.com)


Benefactor Patron ($25,000 to $49,999)


Abbott Laboratories
(abbott.com)

Masimo
Masimo Foundation
(masimo.com)

Philips
Philips Healthcare
(medical.philips.com)

MGI Pharma

Oridion Capnography
(oridion.com)

pharmedium

PharMEDium Services
(pharmedium.com)

GEHC

GE Healthcare (gemedical.com)


Supporting Patron ($15,000 to $24,999)

Linde Healthcare (lifegas.com)
Preferred Physicians Medical (ppmrrg.com)


Patron ($10,000 to $14,999)

CareFusion (carefusion.com)
Spacelabs Medical (spacelabs.com)


Sustaining Donor ($5,000 to $9,999)

Anesthesiologists Professional Assurance Company (apacinsurance.com)
Baxa Corporation (baxa.com)
Becton Dickinson (bd.com)
Cardiopulmonary Corporation
(cardiopulmonarycorp.com)
CAS Medical Systems (casmed.com)
Dräger Medical (draeger.com)
LMA of North America (lmana.com)
Mindray, Inc. (mindray.com)

Nihon Kohden America, Inc. (nihonkohden.com)
Pall Corporation (pall.com)
ResMed (resmed.com)
Sheridan Healthcorp, Inc. (shcr.com)
Smiths Medical (smiths-medical.com)
Teleflex Medical (teleflex.com)
The Doctors Company Foundation (thedoctors.com)
WelchAllyn (welchallyn.com)


Sponsoring Donor ($1,000 to $4,999)

Anesthesia Business Consultants (anesthesiallc.com)
Allied Healthcare (alliedhpi.com)
Armstrong Medical (armstrongmedical.net)
Belmont Instrument Corporation
(belmontinstrument.com)
Codonics (codonics.com)

Cook Critical Care (cookgroup.com)
iMDsoft (imd-soft.com)
King Systems (kingsystems.com)
METI Learning (meti.com)
TRIFID Medical Group LLC (trifidmedical.com)
W.R. Grace (wrgrace.com)


Corporate Level Donor ($500 to $999)

Paragon Service (paragonservice.com)
ProMed Strategies

Sharn, Inc. (sharn.com)
Wolters Kluwer


Subscribing Societies

American Society of Anesthesia Technologists and Technicians (asatt.org)


Community Donors

(includes Anesthesia Groups, Individuals, Specialty Organizations, and State Societies)

Grand Sponsor ($8,500 and higher)

American Academy of Anesthesiologists Assistants

Benefactor Sponsor ($5,000 and higher)

Alabama State Society of Anesthesiologists
American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
Anesthesia Medical Group (Nashville, TN)
Greater Houston Anesthesiology
Indiana Society of Anesthesiologists

Minnesota Society of Anesthesiologists
Frank B. Moya, MD, Charitable Foundation
North American Partners in Anesthesia
Robert K. Stoelting, MD
Tennessee Society of Anesthesiologists
Valley Anesthesiology Foundation


Sustaining Sponsor ($2,000 to $4,999)

Anaesthesia Associates of Massachusetts
Anesthesia Consultants Medical Group
Anesthesia Resources Management
Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists
Asheville Anesthesia Associates
Nassib and Maureen Chamoun
Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists
Madison Anesthesiology Consultants
Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists
Robert McIvor, MD
Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists



Old Pueblo Anesthesia Group
Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists
Physician Specialists in Anesthesia (Atlanta, GA)
Providence Anchorage Anesthesia Medical Group
Society of Academic Anesthesiology Associations
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
Drs. Mary Ellen and Mark Warner


Contributing Sponsor ($750 to $1,999)

Affiliated Anesthesiologists of Oklahoma City, OK
Alaska Association of Nurse Anesthetists
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses
Anesthesia Associates of Northwest Dayton, Inc.
Anesthesiology Consultants of Virginia (Roanoke, VA)
Anesthesia Services of Birmingham
J. Jeffrey Andrews, MD
Associated Anesthesiologists of St. Paul, MN
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Caplan
Frederick W. Cheney, MD
California Society of Anesthesiologists
Connecticut State Society of Anesthesiologists
Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD
Jeanne and Robert Cordes, MD
Steven F. Croy, MD
John H. Eichhorn, MD
Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists
Iowa Society of Anesthesiologists
Kansas City Society of Anesthesiologists
Kentucky Society of Anesthesiologists

John W. Kinsinger, MD
Lorri A. Lee, MD
Paul G. Lee, MD
Anne Marie Lynn, MD
Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists
Joseph Meltzer, MD
Michiana Anesthesia Care
Michael D. Miller, MD
Missouri Society of Anesthesiologists
Robert C. Morell, MD
Nurse Anesthesia of Maine
Ohio Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists
Oklahoma Society of Anesthesiologists
Oregon Society of Anesthesiologists
Frank J. Overdyk, MD
Physician Anesthesia Service
Laura M. Roland, MD
Santa Fe Anesthesia Specialists
Jo Ann and George Schapiro Philanthropic Fund
Drs. Ximena and Daniel Sessler
Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia
Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists
Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care


Society for Airway Management
Society for Pediatric Anesthesia
Spectrum Medical Group
Stockham-Hill Foundation
Tejas Anesthesia
Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Texas Society of Anesthesiologists
The Saint Paul Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Donald C. Tyler
Washington State Society of Anesthesiologists
Wisconsin Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists


Sponsor ($200 to $749)

Sean S. Adams, MD
Leslie Andes, MD
Anesthesia Associates of Columbus, GA
Donald E. Arnold, MD
Balboa Anesthesia Group
Robert L. Barth, MD
William C. Berger, MD
Berkshire Medical Center (National Nurse Anesthetists Week)
Vincent C. Bogan, CRNA
Amanda Burden, MD
John Busch (Engineering Controls for Medicine)
Michael Caldwell, MD
Lillian K. Chen, MD
Joan M. Christie, MD
Melvin Cohen, MD
Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists
R. Lebron Cooper, MD
David S. Currier, MD
Glenn E. DeBoer, MD
Jan Ehrenwerth, MD
Bruce W. Evans, MD
Cynthia A. Ferris, MD
Jane C. K. Fitch, MD/Carol E. Rose, MD
Mark P. Fritz, MD
Wayne Fuller, MD
Georgia Association of Nurse Anesthetists
James J. Gibbons
Ian J. Gilmour, MD
Richard Gnaedinger, MD
Goldilocks Anesthesia Foundation
James D. Grant, MD

Joel G. Greenspan, MD
William L. Greer, MD
Griffin Anesthesia Associates
Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD (in honor of Kansas City Society of Anesthesiologists)
Daniel E. Headrick, MD
Simon C. Hillier, MD
Victor J. Hough, MD
Eric M. Humphreys
Paul M. Jaklitsch, MD
Robert E. Johnstone, MD
Kansas Society of Anesthesiologists
Michael G, Kral, MD
Rodney C. Lester, CRNA
Kevin P. Lodge, MD
Maine Society of Anesthesiologists
Gregory B. McComas, MD
E. Kay McDivitt, MD
Tricia A. Meyer, PharmD
Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists
Roger A. Moore, MD
New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists
New Mexico Society of Anesthesiologists
Sara M. Norvell, MD
L. Charles Novak, MD
Ducu Onisei, MD
Michael A. Olympio, MD
Srikanth S. Patankar, MD
Mukesh K. Patel, MD
Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists




Gaylon K. Peterson, MD
Drs. Beverly and James Philip
Richard C. Prielipp, MD
John Rask, MD
Rhode Island Society of Anesthesiologists
Janet and Howard Schapiro
Sanford Schaps, MD
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
South County Anesthesia Association
South Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
Shepard B. Stone, PA
Steven J. Thomas, MD
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates
Vail Valley Anesthesia
Vermont Society of Anesthesiologists
Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists
Jimmie Watkins, MD, DDS, PhD
Matthew B. Weinger, MD
Donald L. Weninger, MD (in honor of Willard Albrecht, MD)
Andrew Weisinger, MD
West Virginia State Society of Anesthesiologists
Wichita Anesthesiology, Chartered
G. Edwin Wilson, MD
Wisconsin Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
Gerald L. Zeitlin, MD
John M. Zerwas, MD


In Memoriam

In memory of William J. Beightler, MD (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
In memory of E. H. Boyle, MD (Philip F. Boyle, MD)
In memory of Jose M. Brito-Suarez, MD (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
In memory of Hank Davis, MD (Sharon Rose Johnson, MD)
In memory of Steve Edstrom, MD (Larry D. Shirley, MD)
In memory of Margie Frola, CRNA (Sharon Rose Johnson, MD)
In memory of Andrew Glickman, MD (Sharon Rose Johnson, MD)
In memory of Stevon S. Kebabjian, DO (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
In memory of Max K. Mendenhall, MD (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
In memory of Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., MD (founding president of APSF)
(multiple donors)
In memory of Robert Romero, MD (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
In memory of Sylvan E. Stool, MD (Lawrence M. Borland, MD)
In memory of Leroy D. Vandam, MD (Dr. and Mrs. George Carter Bell)

 

 

 


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