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
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Errors: Terminology and Background
Error: Terminology
Error: Background
Conclusion
Chapter 2. Errors: Organizations, Individuals and Unsafe Acts
Error causation: Technical factors
Error causation: Organizational and supervisory factors
Error causation: Environmental
Error causation: Personnel
Error causation: Human factors
Error causation: Other factors
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Reporting and Analyzing Patient Safety Incidents
The limitation in only counting errors
How can we learn the most from our errors?
Analyzing patient safety incidents
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Equipment and Technical Error in Veterinary Anesthesia
Cases
Near miss vignettes
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Medication Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia
Cases
Near miss vignettes
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Errors of Clinical Reasoning and Decision Making in Veterinary Anesthesia
Cases
Near miss vignettes
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Errors of Communication and Teamwork in Veterinary Anesthesia
Cases
Near miss vignettes
Conclusion
Chapter 8. Error Prevention in Veterinary Anesthesia
General strategies for error prevention
Specific strategies for error prevention
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix A. Suggested Readings
Appendix B. Terminology
Appendix C. ACVAA Monitoring Guidelines
Appendix D. ACVAA Guidelines for Anesthesia of Horses
Appendix E. History of Checklists
Appendix F. FDA Anesthesia Apparatus Checkout
Appendix G. AVA Anesthetic Safety Checklist
Appendix H. Critical Clinical Condition Checklist
