Quality and Safety in Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Keith J. Ruskin is a Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. Marjorie P. Stiegler is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Stanley H. Rosenbaum is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, and Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

Part I. Scientific Foundations

1. Patient Safety: A Brief History
2. Cognitive Load Theory and Patient Safety
3. Errors and Violations
4. The Human-Technology Interface
5. Deliberate Practice and Acquisition of Expertise
6. Fatigue
7. Situational Awareness
8. Creating a Culture of Safety

Part II. Clinical Applications

9. Adverse Event Prevention and Management
10. Complex Systems and Approaches to Quality Improvement
11. Crisis Resource Management and Patient Safety in Anesthesia Practice
12. Quality in Medical Education
13. Regulating Quality
14. Creating a Quality Management Program
15. Health Information Technology Use for Quality Assurance and Improvement
16. Safety in Remote Locations
17. Medication Safety
18. Operating Room Fires and Electrical Safety
19. Disruptive Behavior: The Imperative for Awareness and Action
20. Managing Adverse Events: The Aftermath and The Second Victim Effect