Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Errors: Terminology and Background -- Error: terminology -- Error: background -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Errors: Organizations, Individuals, and Unsafe Acts -- Error causation: technical factors -- Error causation: organizational and supervision factors -- Error causation: environmental factors -- Error causation: personnel factors -- Error causation: human factors -- Communication: what it is and how it fails -- Distractions and stress -- Pattern matching and biases -- Individual responsibility within an organization -- Error causation: other factors -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Reporting and Analyzing Patient Safety Incidents -- The limitation in only counting errors -- How can we learn the most from our errors? -- The importance of narrative -- Focus groups: morbidity and mortality rounds (M&amp -- Ms) -- Interview techniques -- Critical incident technique (CIT) -- Voluntary reporting systems -- Safety incident reporting in aviation -- What about incident reporting in healthcare and anesthesia? -- Analyzing patient safety incidents -- Which incidents and errors should be analyzed? -- Analytical frameworks -- Analysis of the person(s) at the sharp end: accountability -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Equipment and Technical Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia -- Cases -- Case 4.1 -- Near miss vignettes -- Vignette 4.1 -- Vignette 4.2 -- Vignette 4.3 -- Vignette 4.4 -- Vignette 4.5 -- Vignette 4.6 -- Vignette 4.7 -- Vignette 4.8 -- Vignette 4.9 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Medication Errors in Veterinary Anesthesia -- Cases -- Case 5.1 -- Case 5.2 -- Near miss vignettes -- Vignette 5.1 -- Vignette 5.2 -- Vignette 5.3 -- Labeling and medication errors -- Vignette 5.4 -- Conclusions -- References.

Chapter 6 Errors of Clinical Reasoning and Decision-making in Veterinary Anesthesia -- Cases -- Case 6.1 -- Case 6.2 -- Case 6.3 -- Case 6.4 -- Near miss vignettes -- Vignette 6.1 -- Vignette 6.2 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Errors of Communication and Teamwork in Veterinary Anesthesia -- Cases -- Case 7.1 -- Case 7.2 -- Case 7.3 -- Near miss vignette -- Vignette 7.1 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Error Prevention in Veterinary Anesthesia -- General strategies for error prevention -- Changing habits: getting away from "We've always done it that way" -- Attributes of an effective anesthetist -- The use of simulators -- Morbidity and mortality rounds (M&amp -- Ms) -- Specific strategies for error prevention -- Developing a safety culture -- Minimizing distractions -- Cognitive forcing: general and specific techniques -- Checklists as error‐reducing tools -- Mnemonics -- Structured communication: a beginning, middle, and an end -- Evaluating the process of anesthesia: systems walk -- Conclusion -- References -- APPENDIX A Suggested Readings -- APPENDIX B Terminology -- Primary terms -- Secondary terms -- APPENDIX C ACVAA Monitoring Guidelines -- Position Statement (updated 2009) -- Circulation -- Oxygenation -- Ventilation -- Temperature -- Record keeping -- Recovery period -- Personnel -- Sedation without general anesthesia -- APPENDIX D ACVAA Guidelines for Anesthesia in Horses -- APPENDIX E A Brief History of Checklists -- APPENDIX F FDA Anesthesia Apparatus Checkout -- APPENDIX G Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists Anaesthetic Safety Checklist -- APPENDIX H Critical clinical condition checklists -- Index -- EULA.

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