Featured Podcast #1
C-Section: Communication and Documentation Failures in Labor and Delivery
This case involves a woman with a pregnancy in 40.6 weeks gestation admitted in labor. Misinterpretation of the fetal heart strips, failure to appreciate acceptable standards of care, lack of appropriate communication, and failure to document are evident in the chart. What went wrong? In this Risk Management Radio Podcast sponsored by PPIC, Deborah Price, [...]
Featured Podcast #2
Informed Consent
An otherwise healthy woman underwent arthroscopic bone spur removal surgery after a fall at her home. She signed a consent form for the bone spur removal. During the procedure, the surgeon discovered a previously undetected tear in the rotator cuff and obtained consent from the patient’s spouse to repair it. What are the three requirements [...]
Featured Podcast #3
Diabetic Ketoacidosis, A Closed Claim Review
How did poor handoffs and bad communication contribute to a woman with diabetic ketoacidosis, dying 10 hours after arriving at the Emergency Department? In this Risk Management Radio Podcast sponsored by PPIC, Deborah Price, RN, MSN, PhD, Director of Risk Management and Tricia Bliujus, RN, BSN, MHA, CHPN, CCM, Claims Analyst/Risk Consultant discuss the case [...]
Featured Podcast #4
Disaster Planning, Implementation and Recovery
On this edition of Surgery ICU Rounds, Dr. Jeffrey Guy, Associate Professor of Surgery and Director at the Vanderbilt Regional Burn Center takes up the topic of disaster planning, implementation and recovery. Case in point: hurricane evacuations. One of the foremost experts with first-hand experience joins us: Dr. Norman E. McSwain, Jr., professor and Vice [...]
Featured Podcast #5
Impact of ATLS in Global Trauma Care
Host, Dr. Jeffrey Guy, Trauma Surgeon and Director at the Vanderbilt Regional Burn Center talks about the impact of Advanced Trauma Life Support( ATLS) in global trauma care with Will Chapleau, manager of the Advanced Trauma Life Support Program for the American College of Surgeons. They will discuss the impact that ATLS has worldwide, what [...]
