APSF Newsletter, February 2018
Topical anesthesia of the upper airway for awake intubation is often accomplished by spraying local anesthetics through an atomizer.1 In our institute, we routinely utilize EZ-SprayTM (Figure 1) (Alcove Medical…
APSF Newsletter, June 2016
An ASA 3 patient undergoing a cochlear implant procedure underwent induction of anesthesia and intubation without incident. The OR table was rotated 180 degrees to facilitate surgery. However, the anesthesia…
APSF Newsletter, June 2016
Anesthesia equipment within the MRI suite is exposed to powerful static, gradient (pulsed), and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.1-3 We describe the potentially lethal failure of an Aestiva MRI anesthesia ventilator (Aestiva/5…
APSF Newsletter, February 2016
I work in Kalispell, Montana, as an anesthesiologist and head of our group of 20 anesthesiologists. We have two adjoining hospitals, one that functions as an outpatient surgery center, the…
APSF Newsletter, October 2015
We provide anesthesia services for a small outpatient surgery center. During the ASA/FDA recommended pre-anesthetic checkout, 3 anesthesia machines failed the “breathing system pressure leak testing.” Standard troubleshooting methods were…
APSF Newsletter, Spring-Summer 2013
Our anesthesia department recently changed to Vital Signs breathing circuits for both adult and pediatric patient populations. There was no noticeable difference between our previous supplier and the Vital Signs…
