Pearls • The medical profession is largely self-regulated by a system composed of state medical licensing boards, subspecialty boards, and credentialing and accrediting bodies. This system confers many benefits on…
Pearls • Patient safety is paramount to outstanding healthcare, and effective communication is critical to sustaining a safe patient care environment. • Strategies and tools to promote situational awareness and…
Pearls • A modern pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a complex system, operating in conjunction with other complex systems (inpatient units, operating rooms, and emergency departments) within and between…
Pearls • The evolution of pediatric critical care medicine reflects long progress in anatomy, physiology, resuscitation and ventilation, anesthesiology, neonatology, pediatric general surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery, and pediatric cardiology. •…
Key Points • Neuraxial analgesia/anesthesia (spinal, epidural, combined spinal-epidural) are mainstays of safe anesthesia care of the obstetric patient. The anesthesia provider is caring for the mother, and by extension,…
Key Points • Prepuncture ultrasound scanning is helpful to determine the midline, the depth from the skin, the desired level, and rotation of the spine. • There are limited outcome…
Key Points • Performing this block requires ultrasound experience. • Needle visualization plays a major role in achieving a successful block. • Epidural spread can occur from a unilateral injection….
Key Points • Patient selection plays a major role in performing the block; it is challenging with obese patients. • Ultrasound experience is required to maximize the success rate of…
Key Points • Stabilize the neck position, and identify the sternocleidomastoid muscle. • If not using the ultrasound, always feel for the infiltration with the other hand to avoid injecting…
Key Points • Identifying the different layers of the muscles is crucial because the peritoneum is the shiniest layer under the transversus abdominis muscle. When the bowels are seen under…
