#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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 202528min
#282 Building Safer Anesthesia Teams In A Locum-Driven World
Ever walked into a new OR and spent the first ten minutes hunting for an airway bougie or a computer log-in that actually works? We dig into the hidden safety risks of a transient anesthesia workforce...
25 Nov 202514min
#281 Safer Anesthesia, Everywhere
Imagine stepping into an operating room where oxygen isn’t guaranteed, capnography is rare, and one anesthesiologist might serve a million people. That’s the reality many patients face, and it’s exact...
18 Nov 202528min
#280 Speak Up To Save Lives
What if the biggest risks in maternal care are not just clinical, but cultural? We dig into the hard truth that speaking up can feel risky, pain during cesarean is often underestimated, and rare obste...
11 Nov 202523min
#279 From Birthrooms To Boardrooms: Preventing Trauma And Elevating Maternal Anesthesia Care
Power, control, and communication shape every birth—and too often, they decide whether care feels safe or traumatic. We dig into practical ways to prevent harm in obstetric anesthesia by centering tra...
4 Nov 202521min
