Wake Up Safe: Institutional Quality Improvement Project Presentations – Fall 2021
October 10, 2021
11:00am – 1:00pm PT
Moderator/Planner:
Neha Patel, MD
Nothing to Disclose
Analysis of Anesthesia Practice for Control of Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage
Presenter: Christine G. Jette, MD; Stanford University, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Nothing to Disclose
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
– Describe the current anesthetic practice of induction and airway management for control of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage at a tertiary care children’s hospital
– Define the incidence of adverse events associated with post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage
– Explore how practice variations in an academic institution may impact care
Building A Pediatric TIVA And EEG Practice In An Anesthesia Department
Presenter: Sheri Jones Oguh, MD; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Nothing to Disclose
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
– Basic review of TIVA technique and EEG principles
– Basic review of pharmacokinetics of propofol in infants and children
– Discuss QI tools and methodology to start a new practice in OR
Under the Drapes: PIV Infiltration in the Operating Room
Presenter: Marc Mecoli, MD; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Nothing to Disclose
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
– Review definition and assessment of venous infiltration and extravasation
– Review barriers to PIV assessment in the operating room
– Discuss strategies to mitigate venous infiltration in the operating room.
Pediatric Quality Improvement Informatics and Analytics
Presenter: Jonathan M. Tan, MD MPH MBI
Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Department of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California
Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California
Nothing to Disclose
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
– Explain the major ways health care data is structured in pediatric health systems.
– Demonstrate the importance of having quality improvement team members that have experience in clinical informatics and analytics.
– Demystify the spectrum of resources available to collect, process, and analyze quality improvement data.
– Understand future directions of quality improvement informatics and analytics in pediatric anesthesiology.
Speakers will present quality improvement projects completed at individual institutions. Project presentations are a valuable approach to teach members about improvement work. The presentations will demonstrate tools and concepts of quality improvement, Attendees can take away knowledge and implement similar changes that lead to improvement and his/her respective institutions. The educational format used in this part includes lecture/presentation and group discussion. The final speaker will discuss basics of quality improvement data and tools for analysis to teach quality improvement providers on how to process and analyze data.
ACCREDITATION AND DESIGNATION
The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Society for Pediatric Anesthesia designates this Live Course for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
