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Podcast: Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast
Episode: #281 Safer Anesthesia, Everywhere
Description: Imagine stepping into an operating room where oxygen isn’t guaranteed, capnography is rare, and one anesthesiologist might serve a million people. That’s the reality many patients face, and it’s exactly where meaningful change can save the most lives. We sit down with Dr. Kelly McQueen, professor of anesthesiology and department chair at the University of Wisconsin, to explore what it takes to deliver safe anesthesia in low and middle-income countries and how practical solutions—rooted in training, equipment reliability, and data—can close the gap.We trace how safety became foundational in anesthesiology in high-resou...