Take Steps to Safeguard Yourself If You Are Pregnant, But Try Not to Worry Excessively Angela Zimmerman MD You are giving a lunch break in an orthopedics case that is…
Do Not Ask A Family Member to Translate or Assist with Procedures Randal O. Dull MD, PhD Family members sometimes ask (or are asked) to assist the anesthesia provider. This…
Do Not Allow Your Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification to Lapse Lisa Marcucci MD Surjya Sen MD To maintain a current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification, health care…
Don’t Ask the Operating Room Nurse to be A Supply Technician, Secretary, or Mediator Catherine Marcucci MD, Ralph DiRado, RN Pamela D. Nichols RN Operating room (OR) nurses (both the…
Invoke Parens Patriae to Provide Safe Medical Care to a Child When the Parents Can’t or Won’t Consent Anne T. Lunney MD Parens patriae, Latin for “father of the people,”…
“Do Not Resuscitate” Orders are not Automatically Suspended in the Operating Room Kirk Lalwani MD, FRCA Vincent K. Lew BA (MSII) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the only medical intervention that…
Handle Dental Injuries as You Handle Teeth, With Care Douglas W. Anderson DMD Kenneth R. Abbey MD, JD Your first patient of the day is a middle-aged, morbidly obese man…
Adequate Treatment of Pain is Both an Ethical and a Legal Obligation. Treat Severe Pain Scores Like Unstable Vital Signs: Quickly and Decisively Kenneth R. Abbey MD, JD Imagine that…
Reading in the Operating Room—Is It Worth the Risk? Michael Axley MD, MS Most anesthesiologists and anesthesia residents have heard the old truism that anesthesia is “95% routine and 5%…
The Anesthesia Record is a Legal Document Joseph F. Talarico DO David G. Metro MD Renee A. Metal JD In the unfortunate event that you are named in a lawsuit,…
