In this issue:

Surgical Fire Injuries Continue to Occur

President's Report for 2011

Future Patient Safety Initiatives Discussed at the APSF Board of Directors Workshop

Conference: Postoperative Visual Loss—Who is at risk?

Clinical Experience with Capnography Monitoring for PCA Patients

LIFEBOX: Promoting Patient Safety Around the World

APSF Grants 2012 Awards

APSF 2013 Grant Program

Scientific Papers Address Patient Safety

Patient Safety Themes Stand Out in ASA Meeting Exhibits

Reducing Risk of Epidural-Intravenous Misconnections

Q&A: Regulations for Back-Up Anesthesia Machine Availability?

Letter to the Editor:

Propofol (Diprivan®) and Clevidipine (Cleviprex®) and Potential Look-Alike Concern

Reader Stresses Use of Multimodal Analgesia to Decrease Risk of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression

Creating a Safer Environment in the Operating Room

 

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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

Grand Patron ($150,000 to $199,999)

Covidien
Covidien (covidien.com)

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

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

carefusion

CareFusion
(carefusion.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)

Philips

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)

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)
CAS Medical Systems (casmed.com)
Dräger Medical (draeger.com)
LMA of North America (lmana.com)
McKesson Provider Technologies (mckesson.com)
Mindray, Inc. (mindray.com)

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



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)
Intersurgical, Inc (intersurgical.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)

NeuroWave Systems (neurowave.com)
Paragon Service (paragonservice.com)


ProMed Strategies
Wolters Kluwer (lww.com)



Subscribing Societies

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


Community Donors

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

Benefactor Sponsor ($5,000 and higher)

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




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


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

Anesthesia Consultants Medical Group
Anesthesia Resources Management
Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists
Asheville Anesthesia Associates
Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists
Iowa Society of Anesthesiologists
Madison Anesthesiology Consultants
Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists
Robert McIvor, MD
Michiana Anesthesia Care
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
Washington State Society of Anesthesiologists


Contributing Sponsor ($750 to $1,999)

Academy of Anesthesiology
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
Associated Anesthesiologists of St. Paul, MN
Casey D. Blitt, MD
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
John H. Eichhorn, MD
Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists
Indiana Hospital Association
Kansas City Society of


Anesthesiologists
Kentucky Society of Anesthesiologists
John W. Kinsinger, MD
Lorri A. Lee, MD
Anne Marie Lynn, MD
Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists
Joseph Meltzer, MD
Michael D. Miller, MD
Missouri Society of Anesthesiologists
Robert C. Morell, MD
Northwest Anesthesia Physicians
Nurse Anesthesia of Maine
Ohio Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants
Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists
Oklahoma Society of Anesthesiologists
Oregon Society of Anesthesiologists
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 Pediatric Anesthesia
South Dakota Society of Anesthesiologists
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)

Leslie Andes, MD
Anesthesia Associates of Columbus, GA
Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City
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)
Matthew Caldwell, MD
Lillian K. Chen, MD
Joan M. Christie, MD
Marlene V. Chua, MD
Melvin Cohen, MD
Colorado Society of Anesthesiologists
David S. Currier, MD
Glenn E. DeBoer, MD
Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA
Stephen B. Edelstein, 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
Daniel E. Headrick, MD
John F. Heath, MD
Simon C. Hillier, MD
Victor J. Hough, MD
Howard E. Hudson, MD
Eric M. Humphreys
Paul M. Jaklitsch, MD
Robert E. Johnstone, MD
Kansas Society of Anesthesiologists
Celeste Kirschner
Michael G, Kral, MD
Danuta Oktawiec-Larson
Rodney C. Lester, CRNA
Kevin P. Lodge, MD
Maine Society of Anesthesiologists
Asif Malik, MD
Gregory B. McComas, MD
E. Kay McDivitt, MD
Tricia A. Meyer, PharmD
Mississippi Society of Anesthesiologists
Roger A. Moore, MD
Soe Myint, MD
New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists
New Mexico Society of Anesthesiologists
Sara M. Norvell, MD
Mark C. Norris, MD
Ducu Onisei, MD
Michael A. Olympio, MD
Frank J. Overdyk, MD
Mukesh K. Patel, MD
Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Gaylon K. Peterson, MD
Drs. Beverly and James Philip
Richard C. Prielipp, MD
Tian Hoe Poh, MD





Matthew W. Ragland, MD
Neela Ramaswamy, MD (in honor of Dr. Bhattacahyra)
Maunak Rana, MD
John Rask, MD
Rhode Island Society of Anesthesiologists
Howard Schapiro and Jan Carroll
Sanford Schaps, MD
Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
David Solosko, MD
South County Anesthesia Association
South Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists
Shepard B. Stone (in honor of Dr. Robert Schonberger)
Steven J. Thomas, MD
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates
Vail Valley Anesthesia
Vermont Society of Anesthesiologists
Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists
Denham Ward, MD, PhD
Thomas L. Warren, MD
Jimmie Watkins, MD, DDS, PhD
Matthew B. Weinger, 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 Roy C. Kang, MD (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
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 Richard M. Smith, Jr., 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)
In memory of Kenneth C. Weeden, MD (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists

 

 

 


Note: Donations are always welcome. Send to APSF; c/o 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573 (Donor list current through December 31, 2011)