DiscoverAnesthesia STAT: the Stanford Anesthesia Tutorial PodcastSafely signing out patients to PACU, other anesthesia colleagues, or the ICU
Safely signing out patients to PACU, other anesthesia colleagues, or the ICU

Safely signing out patients to PACU, other anesthesia colleagues, or the ICU

Update: 2022-08-01
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Joe Hodapp (one of the chief residents of the Stanford anesthesia residency program) and Derrick Wu talk about what exactly is a handoff or sign-out (1:33 ), what to consider when handing off an ambulatory case to PACU or another anesthetist (2:23 ), a structure for organizing handoff of simple cases (5:54 ), a sample case of handoff to PACU (11:03 ), how to sign out to another anesthesia provider (15:28 ), considerations when signing out more complicated cases to the ICU/other colleagues (25:03 ), and closing remarks (35:57 ).

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Safely signing out patients to PACU, other anesthesia colleagues, or the ICU

Safely signing out patients to PACU, other anesthesia colleagues, or the ICU