The APSF Newsletter is the official publication of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), dedicated to advancing perioperative patient safety and anesthesia safety worldwide. Articles are published online on a rolling basis, with new content added approximately every 1–3 weeks. Previously published issues are available in the Newsletter Archives.
ASA Safety Tape Portrays OR "Catastrophe"
March 10, 1994
This film, with an introduction by Jan Davies, M.D., is a dramatization of a fictional anesthetic catastrophe in a suburban community hospital. Act I, “Catastrophe,” begins with Sonya Smith, 35...