#290 From Blind Needles To Ultrasound: The Safety Revolution In Regional Anesthesia
A remarkable safety story runs through regional anesthesia, from the era of blind needle placement to a modern practice guided by real-time ultrasound, lipid rescue, and reliable team checklists. We w...
20 Jan 17min
#289 Forty Years Of Anesthesia Medication Safety: What Works And What’s Next
A single syringe swap should never decide a patient’s fate. We pull back the curtain on forty years of anesthesia medication safety to show what truly works—then tackle the hard part: getting proven s...
13 Jan 20min
#288 Forty Years Of Perioperative Medication Safety Progress
Seconds define outcomes in the OR, and medication safety lives in those seconds. We take you inside four decades of work by the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation to show how our field shifted from ...
6 Jan 19min
#287 A New Era For PONV: Safety, Guidelines, And Smarter Rescue
Nausea shouldn’t be the most memorable part of surgery. We take a clear, evidence-based look at postoperative nausea and vomiting, from identifying who’s at risk to building smarter prophylaxis bundle...
30 Des 202529min
#286 Pediatric Anesthesia Safety: Past Gains, Next Frontiers
Safety for children under anesthesia shouldn’t depend on luck or location. We walk through 100+ years of progress in pediatric anesthesia and focus on the next wave of innovations that can make first ...
23 Des 202521min
#285 Safer Smiles
A routine dental visit should never turn into a medical emergency. We sit down with Dr. Rita Agarwal, pediatric anesthesiologist and patient safety advocate, to unpack why dental anesthesia operates o...
16 Des 20251h 2min
#284 Safer C-Section Pain Control with Ruth Landau, MD
The fastest way to improve post-cesarean recovery is to start before the first incision—by setting expectations, testing the block, and validating what patients feel. We sit down with Dr. Ruth Landau,...
9 Des 20251h 2min
#283 How To Plan, Induce, And Recover Patients With Anterior Mediastinal Masses Without Triggering Collapse
Anterior mediastinal masses make even seasoned anesthesiologists pause, and for good reason: a stable, upright patient can decompensate with a single change in position or a single dose of the wrong d...
2 Des 202528min
