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Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast

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 recommendations.

Don't forget to check out APSF.org for the show notes that accompany each episode, and email us at podcast@APSF.org with your suggestions for future episodes. Visit us at APSF.org/podcast and at @APSForg on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Podcasting since 2020 • 291 episodes

Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast

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#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 crash through two real cases: an emergent trau...

January 27, 2026 • Episode 291 • 15:12

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#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 walk through the key milestones that cut comp...

January 20, 2026 • Episode 290 • 17:02

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#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 safeguards into every OR, every time. From lo...

January 13, 2026 • Episode 289 • 20:07

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#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 relying on vigilance to building systems tha...

January 06, 2026 • 19:19

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#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 bundles and choosing the right rescue when prevent...

December 30, 2025 • Episode 287 • 29:08

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