Circulation 36,825 • Volume 18, No. 4 •
Winter 2003
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Reports of fire and/or extreme heat occurring in the carbon dioxide absorber portion of the anesthesia circle system have come to the attention of the APSF. An October communication received…
The APSF and ASA Meetings held this past October in San Francisco witnessed a landmark event, the retirement of Ellison C. (Jeep) Pierce, Jr., MD, from his position as Executive…
2003 Replete With APSF Successes As President of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), it is my privilege to report annually on the activities of the foundation during the past…
Over 1500 abstracts were presented at the 2003 American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting in San Francisco. During 6 poster sessions, more than 100 scientific papers were exhibited which related…
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) is pleased to report that it continues to attract outstanding applications for funding. The scope of investigation areas continues to evolve, and this year…
Both the scientific and the commercial technical exhibits at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists included several patient safety related presentations that offered attempted improvements on…
Medication errors continue to be one of the many patient safety issues facing the health care industry today. The 1999 landmark study by the Institute of Medicine found that medication…
How do some organizations succeed in performing intrinsically hazardous work at an intense pace with ultra-low rates of failure? And what lessons might anesthesiologists and their partners in perioperative health…
The Virtual Anesthesia Machine (VAM)1 at http://vam.anest.ufl.edu is a free, interactive, model-driven web simulation of a generic, traditional anesthesia machine. Instead of complex, dimensional drawings of an anesthesia machine, VAM…
To the Editor As David Hunt mentioned in the Summer 2003 issue of the APSF Newsletter, his group suffered by following APSF and medical insurance companies’ recommendations to report any…
To the Editor For decades anesthesia has been compared to aviation. The reasons are numerous and widely known, or at least widely repeated. Consistent with this comparison, the cockpit of…
To the Editor Meiler et al. are to be commended for reviewing the effect of beta-blockers, statins, and “depth” of anesthesia on long-term morbidity following surgery.1 In addition to these…
To the Editor Lambert1 made a recent call for further examination of the transient radicular irritation syndrome (TRIS) that may occur after spinal anesthesia. This certainly deserves investigation. Although Schneider2…
To the Editor A forum on “Airway Management Continues to Raise Safety Concerns” regularly includes current recommendations on ways to secure a jeopardized airway after attempts at endotracheal tube placement…
Robert K. Stoelting, MD, has been awarded the 2004 American Society of Anesthesiologists Distinguished Service Award. The announcement came at the ASA’s annual meeting in October and the presentation will…
Dr. Pierre A. Diemunsch and his group from Strasbourg, France, demonstrated an innovative, 3-dimensional, virtual teaching tool for fiberoptic intubation. This program uses actual digital computerized tomography data to provide…
The National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations established the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award for Lifetime Achievement in May 2002, to honor the…
Wanda Puza has been the “voice of the APSF” to all who have called the APSF office for many years. Wanda has served the APSF as Administrative Assistant to Dr….
Application Guidelines for Grants Scheduled to Begin on January 1, 2005 The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Grant Program supports research directed toward enhancing anesthesia patient safety. Its major objective…
From time to time the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation reconfirms its commitment of working with all who devote their energies to making anesthesia as safe as humanly possible. Thus, the…
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Officers, Directors, and Committees, 2004 Executive Committee (Officers) Robert K. Stoelting, MD President Indianapolis, IN Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD Executive Vice President Massachusetts General Hospital Boston,…
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation – Emeritus Board 1986 Stephanie Duberman, MD Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist Presbyterian Hospital Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Columbia University Marlene E. Haffner, MD Director, Office of Health…
The APSF is pleased to announce that future articles of the APSF Newsletter may be reprinted by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) to appear in the AANA NewsBulletin….
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Newsletter is the official publication of the nonprofit Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and is published quarterly at Wilmington, Delaware. Annual membership: Individual – $25.00, Corporate – $500.00. This and any additional contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible. ©Copyright, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, 2004.
The opinions expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation or its members or board of directors. Validity of opinions presented, drug dosages, accuracy, and completeness of content are not guaranteed by the APSF.
Robert K. Stoelting, MD, President; Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD; George A. Schapiro; Lori Cross, Vice-President; David M. Gaba, MD, Secretary; Casey D. Blitt, MD, Treasurer; Robert A. Caplan, MD; Nassib G. Chamoun; John H. Eichhorn, MD.
Robert C. Morell, MD, Editor; Sorin J. Brull, MD; Joan Christie, MD; Jan Ehrenwerth, MD; John H. Eichhorn, MD; Regina King; Rodney C. Lester, PhD, CRNA; Glenn S. Murphy, MD; Denise O’Brien, BSN, RN; Karen Posner, PhD; Keith Ruskin, MD; Wilson Somerville, PhD; Jeffery Vender, MD.
