APSF Newsletter, Spring 2006
The APSF has received a report of a hypercarbic patient condition during the use of AMSORB¨ PLUS (Armstrong Medical Limited, Northern Ireland), detected through capnography and confirmed by arterial blood…
APSF Newsletter, Winter 2005
Editor’s Note: Although Dr. Wright may have later determined the manufacturer of the product in question, the Editors subsequently located at least 2 additional reports of circuit obstruction by unwrapped…
APSF Newsletter, Fall 2005
Recently, I was about 15 minutes into a case with the patient on the ventilator, and several alarms went off, all of the lights on the ventilator lit up, and…
APSF Newsletter, Summer 2005
We are currently evaluating new anesthesia machines for purchase. One of the models is a 2005 Datascope Anestar model. It has a hanging bellows. The company states that the hanging…
APSF Newsletter, Spring 2005
We would like to report an incident of anesthesia machine failure with possible patient safety implications. After the induction and intubation of an 8-year-old female and during the sterile skin…
APSF Newsletter, Winter 2004
I am an anesthesiologist in practice in Santa Barbara, CA. The issue I am concerned with involves both organization and anesthesia machines. We put into service 18 months ago 15…