#294 From Video Laryngoscopy To ECMO: What Keeps Airway Management Safe
When air meets uncertainty, judgment matters most. We dig into the evolving landscape of airway management where video laryngoscopy, supraglottic devices, and even ECMO promise better outcomes, yet co...
17 Feb 19min
#293 Reimagining Anesthesia With AI, Wearables, And Safety Culture
What if the anesthesia workstation could see trouble coming and stop it before it starts? We explore how anesthesia moves from reactive to predictive by blending AI, medical-grade wearables, and close...
10 Feb 15min
#292 Forty Years Of Obstetric Anesthesia Progress And The Work Ahead
Maternal safety has never mattered more, and the stakes span far beyond the delivery room. We revisit four decades of progress in obstetric anesthesia—from safer neuraxial techniques and airway strate...
3 Feb 17min
#291 Managing Anesthesia Risks for Patients with Acute and Chronic Cocaine Use
A cocaine-positive patient rolls into the OR and the monitors look fine—until twenty minutes after induction, when the blood pressure plummets. We unpack that swing from sympathetic surge to sudden cr...
27 Jan 15min
#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 Dec 202529min
