Understanding Anesthetic Adversity

Understanding Anesthetic Adversity is organized by Dental Anesthesia Online, Ltd. (DAO).

Original Release: 7/1/2010
Last Review: 2/1/2020
Current Expiration: 8/28/2025

CE Hours: 1

Course Description:
The delivery of anesthesia in any setting is not without risk. The environment is complex, uncertain and ever-changing. The human performance of this potentially hazardous task can be unpredictable and imperfect, especially in times of urgency, intensity, and time-pressure. Risk and Human Error cannot be eliminated. Risk and Human Error can be reduced and managed, by eliminating a culture of blame and punishment and replacing it with a culture of vigilance and cooperation to expose and remediate systems' weaknesses, which, in combination, often lead to error and injury. This presentation will explore various aspects of anesthetic risk identification, management, and reduction.

Course Objectives:
• discuss the concept of accident evolution
• identify sources of risk in the delivery of anesthesia
• distinguish the different categories of anesthetic error
• discuss the medico-legal process

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

1.0 CE Hours