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Podcast: Anesthesia Patient Safety Podcast
Episode: #290 From Blind Needles To Ultrasound: The Safety Revolution In Regional Anesthesia
Description: A remarkable safety story runs through regional anesthesia, from the era of blind needle placement to a modern practice guided by real-time ultrasound, lipid rescue, and reliable team checklists. We walk through the key milestones that cut complications, accelerated block onset, and lowered conversion to general anesthesia, while keeping a clear eye on the hazards that remain. Along the way, we explain how a simple seven-point timeout helps prevent wrong-sided blocks and why ultrasound has reshaped dosing, local anesthetic spread confirmation, and failure rates.We also dig into the numbers around local anesthetic systemic toxicity and neurologic...