APSF Newsletter, June 2016
Anesthesia equipment within the MRI suite is exposed to powerful static, gradient (pulsed), and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.1-3 We describe the potentially lethal failure of an Aestiva MRI anesthesia ventilator (Aestiva/5…
APSF Newsletter, February 2016
I work in Kalispell, Montana, as an anesthesiologist and head of our group of 20 anesthesiologists. We have two adjoining hospitals, one that functions as an outpatient surgery center, the…
APSF Newsletter, October 2015
We provide anesthesia services for a small outpatient surgery center. During the ASA/FDA recommended pre-anesthetic checkout, 3 anesthesia machines failed the “breathing system pressure leak testing.” Standard troubleshooting methods were…
APSF Newsletter, Spring-Summer 2013
Our anesthesia department recently changed to Vital Signs breathing circuits for both adult and pediatric patient populations. There was no noticeable difference between our previous supplier and the Vital Signs…
APSF Newsletter, Fall 2012
Dear SIRS: I am very curious why new machines have a flow that is below “basal metabolic needs.” Here are specifications for a number of different anesthesia machines to make…
APSF Newsletter, Fall 2011
I am being asked to consider reusable anesthesia breathing circuits with Pall filters. Searching the APSF Newsletter, I found several questions regarding this topic in the Spring 09 issue. Some…
