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Podcast: Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast
Episode: #279 From Birthrooms To Boardrooms: Preventing Trauma And Elevating Maternal Anesthesia Care
Description: Power, control, and communication shape every birth—and too often, they decide whether care feels safe or traumatic. We dig into practical ways to prevent harm in obstetric anesthesia by centering trauma-informed care, reducing stigma around substance use disorder, and giving real choice during cesarean delivery.We start by distinguishing complications from trauma and laying out the six pillars that make care safer: safety, transparency, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural humility. From there, we map prevention across three levels—primary disruption of trauma through clear communication and environment, secondary recognition and mitigation of events, and tertiary supp...