Room Setup: Finding the Balance
Chapter 13Room Setup: Finding the Balance As a trainee, you’ll quickly learn that every provider has their own preferences when it comes to room setup. Some prefer a minimalist approach:…
Central Line Placement
Chapter 18Central Line Placement When central venous pressure (CVP) monitoring fell out of favor, so did the routine placement of central lines for cases involving significant blood loss or major…
Synthesize, Prioritize, Execute
Chapter 10Synthesize, Prioritize, Execute Reviewing and discussing your cases the night before serves multiple important purposes: For you, it’s an opportunity to educate yourself about the patient, the procedure, and…
The Anatomy of Expert Airway Management
Chapter 16The Anatomy of Expert Airway Management As anesthesiologists, our airway management expertise relies on more than just being masters of intubation. We are responsible for airway evaluation, triage of…
Communicate Small Problems Before They Become Big Problems
Chapter 4Communicate Small Problems Before They Become Big Problems In this specialty, small inconveniences can quickly snowball into serious threats to your patient. Here are some examples, as applied to…
Invest in Your Own Learning
Chapter 2Invest in Your Own Learning Each specialty has unique educational challenges. The challenge you will face in our field is that you need to advocate for your own teaching….
Thinking Beyond “Prop-Sux-Tube”
Chapter 7Thinking Beyond “Prop-Sux-Tube” Early anesthetic agents took a heavy physiologic toll. They were cardiotoxic, hepatotoxic, and arrhythmogenic. Halothane, for example, could cause cardiac arrest in children if titrated too…
Early Identification of Complications
Chapter 6Early Identification of Complications Even great clinicians make mistakes. What sets a high-value clinician apart is humility: the ability to recognize errors early and take appropriate corrective action. In…
