Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia
Samenvatting
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
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
<p>Acknowledgments, xi</p>
<p>Introduction, xiii</p>
<p>1 Errors: Terminology and Background, 1</p>
<p>Error: terminology, 1</p>
<p>Conclusion, 5</p>
<p>References, 5</p>
<p>2 Errors: Organizations, Individuals, and Unsafe Acts, 7</p>
<p>Error causation: technical factors, 7</p>
<p>Error causation: organizational and supervision factors, 7</p>
<p>Error causation: environmental factors, 12</p>
<p>Error causation: personnel factors, 12</p>
<p>Error causation: human factors, 12</p>
<p>Error causation: other factors, 22</p>
<p>Conclusion, 22</p>
<p>References, 22</p>
<p>3 Reporting and Analyzing Patient Safety Incidents, 25</p>
<p>The limitation in only counting errors, 25</p>
<p>How can we learn the most from our errors?, 26</p>
<p>Analyzing patient safety incidents, 36</p>
<p>Conclusion, 43</p>
<p>References, 43</p>
<p>4 Equipment and Technical Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia, 45</p>
<p>Cases, 47</p>
<p>Near miss vignettes, 51</p>
<p>Conclusion, 57</p>
<p>References, 58</p>
<p>5 Medication Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia, 59</p>
<p>Cases, 60</p>
<p>Near miss vignettes, 66</p>
<p>Conclusions, 69</p>
<p>References, 69</p>
<p>6 Errors of Clinical Reasoning and Decision –making in Veterinary Anesthesia, 71</p>
<p>Cases, 72</p>
<p>Near miss vignettes, 85</p>
<p>Conclusion, 87</p>
<p>References, 87</p>
<p>7 Errors of Communication and Teamwork in Veterinary Anesthesia, 89</p>
<p>Cases, 89</p>
<p>Near miss vignette, 95</p>
<p>Conclusion, 96</p>
<p>References, 97</p>
<p>8 Error Prevention in Veterinary Anesthesia, 99</p>
<p>General strategies for error prevention, 100</p>
<p>Specific strategies for error prevention, 104</p>
<p>Conclusion, 119</p>
<p>References, 119</p>
<p>Appendix A. Suggested Readings, 121</p>
<p>Appendix B. Terminology, 123</p>
<p>Appendix C. ACVAA Monitoring Guidelines, 127</p>
<p>Appendix D. ACVAA Guidelines for Anesthesia in Horses, 131</p>
<p>Appendix E. A Brief History of Checklists, 133</p>
<p>Appendix F. FDA Anesthesia Apparatus Checkout, 135</p>
<p>Appendix G. Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists Anaesthetic Safety Checklist, 137</p>
<p>Appendix H. Critical Clinical Condition Checklists, 139</p>
<p>Index, 149</p>

