Debriefing
What Is Debriefing? The concept of debriefing after a challenging event has become commonplace in the health care simulation world, but debriefing as we describe it in this chapter includes…
Teaching Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management
This book attempts to lay out the principles of learning and teaching anesthesia crisis resource management (ACRM) in anesthesia practice. Although the principles can be summarized in a book, and…
Principles of Anesthesia Crisis Resource Management
Resource Management Is a Crucial Skill for Anesthesia Professionals The concept of resource management is borrowed directly from the domain of aviation. It should be no surprise that we turned…
Fundamentals of Dynamic Decision Making in Anesthesia
This book is about decision making and crisis management in anesthesia. What is a crisis ? It is “a time of great danger or trouble whose outcome decides whether possible…
Barbiturates: Porphyrias
Abstract Patients with acute/inducible porphyrias are at risk of porphyric crisis, particularly in the perioperative period. Drugs administered in the perioperative period, the condition requiring the surgery, stress, and/or fasting…
Disorders of Potassium Balance
Abstract Potassium plays an important role in the resting membrane potential of excitable cells such as cardiac myocytes, and disorders of potassium balance can cause life-threatening arrhythmias. Hypokalemia in hospitalized…
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Abstract Morbidity and mortality related to thoracic aortic aneurism repair remains high despite advances in endovascular and open techniques. TAA patients are older, carry multiple comorbidities, and present with unique…
Intrathecal Opioids
Abstract Intrathecal administration of opioids is a commonly used practice among anesthesiologists to treat intraoperative and postoperative pain. Historically, the primary concern with this method is the potential for causing…
