Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia

Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia is the first book to offer a candid examination of what can go wrong when anesthetizing veterinary patients and to discuss how we can learn from mistakes. Discusses the origins of errors and how to learn from mistakes Covers common mistakes in veterinary anesthesia Provides strategies for avoiding errors in anesthetizing small and large animal patients Offers tips and tricks to implement in clinical practice Presents actual case studies discussing errors in veterinary anesthesia

Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia is the first book to offer a candid examination of what can go wrong when anesthetizing veterinary patients and to discuss how we can learn from mistakes.* Discusses the origins of errors and how to learn from mistakes* Covers common mistakes in veterinary anesthesia* Provides strategies for avoiding errors in anesthetizing small and large animal patients* Offers tips and tricks to implement in clinical practice* Presents actual case studies discussing errors in veterinary anesthesia

Preface, ixAcknowledgments, xiIntroduction, xiii1 Errors: Terminology and Background, 1Error: terminology, 1Conclusion, 5References, 52 Errors: Organizations, Individuals, and Unsafe Acts, 7Error causation: technical factors, 7Error causation: organizational and supervision factors, 7Error causation: environmental factors, 12Error causation: personnel factors, 12Error causation: human factors, 12Error causation: other factors, 22Conclusion, 22References, 223 Reporting and Analyzing Patient Safety Incidents, 25The limitation in only counting errors, 25How can we learn the most from our errors?, 26Analyzing patient safety incidents, 36Conclusion, 43References, 434 Equipment and Technical Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia, 45Cases, 47Near miss vignettes, 51Conclusion, 57References, 585 Medication Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia, 59Cases, 60Near miss vignettes, 66Conclusions, 69References, 696 Errors of Clinical Reasoning and Decision?-making in Veterinary Anesthesia, 71Cases, 72Near miss vignettes, 85Conclusion, 87References, 877 Errors of Communication and Teamwork in Veterinary Anesthesia, 89Cases, 89Near miss vignette, 95Conclusion, 96References, 978 Error Prevention in Veterinary Anesthesia, 99General strategies for error prevention, 100Specific strategies for error prevention, 104Conclusion, 119References, 119Appendix A. Suggested Readings, 121Appendix B. Terminology, 123Appendix C. ACVAA Monitoring Guidelines, 127Appendix D. ACVAA Guidelines for Anesthesia in Horses, 131Appendix E. A Brief History of Checklists, 133Appendix F. FDA Anesthesia Apparatus Checkout, 135Appendix G. Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists Anaesthetic Safety Checklist, 137Appendix H. Critical Clinical Condition Checklists, 139Index, 149