APSF News & Updates
Technology and Low-Flow Anesthesia Practice
October 20, 2022
Technology is integral to the practice of Low-Flow Anesthesia. The most astute practitioner, well-schooled in the scientific foundations of uptake and distribution as well as the intricacies of the circle system, cannot anesthetize a single…
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Is Rebreathing Prevented when FGF Equals MV?
October 20, 2022
One of the barriers to reducing fresh gas flow and the pollution from inhalation anesthetics are those clinical situations where a rapid change in anesthetic concentration is desired. The most rapid change in concentration is achieved when…
APSF Newsletter – October 2022
October 1, 2022
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the October 2022 APSF Newsletter.
Sepsis Alliance Summit 2022
September 14, 2022
This September, Sepsis Alliance is proudly hosting its Sepsis Alliance Summit. Set to coincide with Sepsis Awareness Month, the event will feature two days of learning and inspiration for healthcare professionals across the continuum of care…
Patient positioning is 90% of the airway management battle. “How goes your battle?”
September 12, 2022
Ten years ago, in a Letter addressed to the Editor of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Newsletter, I queried why head position was not mentioned as a preplanned strategy in the 2012 ASA Difficult Airway…
ASA/APSF Statement on Monkeypox
August 31, 2022
The following statement provides anesthesia professionals with background information on monkeypox that is supportive of the recommendations at the end of this statement.