Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
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Practical anesthesia safety, one case at a time.
Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast translates perioperative safety articles, interviews, and newsletter updates into focused clinical briefings. Recent episodes move from pro-social operating room culture to cannabis, cocaine, airway management, regional anesthesia, and teaching safer teams.
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Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast is a specialized clinical show for people who think about anesthesia risk before, during, and after procedures. It is not casual wellness audio. The format turns APSF articles, interviews, and newsletter features into concise briefings on perioperative patient safety. Recent episodes show its range. Pro-social operating room culture receives sustained attention, with discussions of kindness, cooperation, gratitude, conflict resolution, self-governance, burnout, psychological safety, and the practical barriers that prevent teams from functioning well. The show treats teamwork as a safety system, not a soft extra. Substance use is handled through the same clinical lens. Cannabis episodes focus on perioperative considerations such as altered drug metabolism, airway hyperreactivity, increased postoperative pain, cardiovascular instability, and unpredictable sedative requirements. Cocaine coverage turns to intoxication, pharmacology, and cardiovascular complications during anesthesia care. Airway management episodes balance innovation with maintenance of core skills. Video laryngoscopy is presented as a safety advance with its own training risks, especially if direct laryngoscopy and awake fiber optic intubation fade from practice. Regional anesthesia coverage traces progress from avoiding catastrophic complications toward ultrasound guidance, safer local anesthetics, lipid emulsion therapy, LAST protocols, and better training for high-risk patients. The interview episodes with Dr. Max Feinstein widen the frame. They connect operating room education, trainee development, patient-facing video, and the challenge of conveying clinical gravity without overwhelming learners. Episodes have a steady, clearly signposted structure. Episodes identify featured articles, repeat key takeaways, and keep returning to what anesthesia professionals can do with the information. The tone is careful and procedural. It assumes medical fluency, but it also explains why a safety issue matters to teams, patients, educators, and systems. The result is a useful feed for clinicians who want anesthesia safety updates with enough detail to guide practice, teaching, and conversation. Its strongest episodes make invisible safety behaviors visible: communication, coordination, preparation, vigilance, and the small team habits that protect patients when the operating room is under pressure.
Made for: Built for anesthesiologists, anesthetists, trainees, perioperative clinicians, educators, and patient-safety advocates who want clinically grounded anesthesia safety updates. It best suits listeners comfortable with medical terminology and operating room systems.
What sets it apart: The podcast connects APSF safety writing to concrete perioperative practice, with a recurring emphasis on team behavior, clinical risk, and teachable systems. It pairs article summaries with interviews and high-yield takeaways rather than broad medical commentary.
The official podcast of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) is hosted by Alli Bechtel, MD, featuring the latest information and news in perioperative and anesthesia patient safety. The APSF podcast is intended for anesthesiologists, anesthetists, clinicians and other professionals with an interest in anesthesiology, and patient safety advocates around the world.The Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast delivers the best of the APSF Newsletter and website directly to you, so you can listen on the go! This includes some of the most important COVID-19 information on airway management, ventilators, personal protective equipment (PPE), drug information, and elective surgery recommendation…
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A thoughtful look at how pro-social behavior can help operating room teams communicate better, ease burnout, and work more effectively.
Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast frames operating room culture as more than a matter of process and speed. It links staffing shortages and burnout to the value of kindness, cooperation, and gratitude, suggesting that these habits can make teams work with less friction,…
Surgery, mentorship, and life in training.
Clear conversations on bones, joints, and recovery.
Ali Bechtel interviews Dr.
Ramona Homan-Farr says the University of Nevada, Reno has measured burnout, psychological flexibility, cooperation, and academic performance longitudinally.
This episode explores how promoting pro-social behaviors like kindness and cooperation in healthcare teams can enhance psychological safety, reduce clinician burnout, and improve patient safety.
This episode discusses the physiological effects of cannabis use on anesthesia care, highlighting perioperative considerations and safety concerns based on a 2025 update article.
Interview with Dr.
Allie Bechtel interviews Max Feinstein, a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Columbia University and anesthesia YouTube creator, about patient safety and digital education.
This episode discusses key takeaways for airway management in anesthesia, including limiting intubation attempts, aspiration risk, and the role of video laryngoscopy.
This episode reviews the anesthetic management of patients with acute cocaine intoxication, focusing on pharmacology and cardiovascular risks.
This episode discusses the evolution of patient safety in regional anesthesia, from historical risks to modern best practices.
This episode revisits popular content on postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), discussing new safety guidelines, smarter rescue strategies, and a featured article on dopamine antagonist antiemetics in PONV management.
This episode discusses pediatric anesthesia safety, covering improvements over 40 years and future directions.
This episode discusses patient safety during dental office-based anesthesia care, featuring an interview with Dr.
This episode features Dr.
This episode discusses anesthetic considerations for managing patients with anterior mediastinal mass, focusing on recent studies and updates for pediatric and adult patients.
An interview with Dr.
This episode discusses transforming maternal care to reduce morbidity and mortality, focusing on the distinction between traumatic experiences and complications.
This episode covers a Capitol Hill briefing on enhancing patient safety through continuous blood pressure monitoring to reduce intraoperative hypotension and maternal morbidity.
This episode features an interview with Elizabeth Malenzack, a pediatric anesthesiologist and OpenAnesthesia liaison, discussing how OpenAnesthesia and the APSF collaborate to enhance anesthesia safety and quality through innovative educational resources.
This episode features a takeover by the Fresh Flow Podcast, discussing anesthesia and perioperative operational processes with a guest from the APSF Board of Directors.
This episode highlights the APSF's Patient Guide to Anesthesia and Surgery, answering common patient questions to improve safety and involvement.
This episode introduces a new patient guide to anesthesia and surgery, aimed at helping patients understand and mitigate surgical risks.