Preliminary results of the Australasian Regional Anaesthesia Collaboration: a prospective audit of more than 7000 peripheral nerve and plexus blocks for neurologic …

MJ Barrington, SA Watts, SR Gledhill… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2009 - rapm.bmj.com
Background and Objectives: Peripheral nerve blockade is associated with excellent patient
outcomes after surgery; however, neurologic and other complications can be devastating for …

Barriers to adverse event and error reporting in anesthesia

GC Heard, PM Sanderson, RD Thomas - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2012 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Although anesthesiologists are leaders in patient safety, there has been
little research on factors affecting their reporting of adverse events and errors. First, we …

In the aftermath: attitudes of anesthesiologists to supportive strategies after an unexpected intraoperative patient death

GC Heard, RD Thomas, PM Sanderson - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2016 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Although most anesthesiologists will have 1 catastrophic perioperative
event or more during their careers, there has been little research on their attitudes to …