sequent airway management.
Wouldn't it be great to include captured
videos of difficult intubations in patients' elec-
tronic health records? That way, providers
would be able to review digital records of
patients' airways to see exactly where the
problems occurred — similar to surgeons
watching prior surgeries to improve their
techniques or review specific cases before
operating. In my mind, reviewing digital
images of patients' airways could be a compo-
nent of routine pre-op screening.
4. Transparency
Providing quality anesthesia care is becoming
increasingly important as healthcare trans-
parency becomes more prominent in the
minds of patients, insurers and lawyers. I
would like to record all my intubations, save
them on a flash drive and download the
videos to my electronic management system.
If the intubation was difficult, which can hap-
pen unexpectedly, I'd have it recorded for
review or to use as a teaching opportunity.
Recording and saving all eventful intubations
isn't yet standard practice, but I believe that's
where anesthesia care needs to go as we
work to make it safer.
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