Lecture library

Pharmacology I · 8 min read

What happens minute-by-minute from pre-oxygenation through ETT confirmation. The order matters; the doses matter; the watch-fors matter.

Equipment & Safety · 6 min read

OR fires happen ~600x/year in the US. Mostly preventable. When one starts: the response sequence has to be muscle memory — there's no time to think.

Across the Lifespan · 10 min read

Adult airway templates fail in pediatric patients. Anatomy differs, physiology differs, equipment differs, risk profile differs. The differences matter; this lecture walks through them.

Crisis Management · 9 min read

MH is the disease anesthesia made famous. Triggers in your hands, mortality dropped from ~70% pre-1979 to <5% with dantrolene + rapid recognition. The first 10 minutes determine outcome.

Critical Care + Pulmonary · 8 min read

ARDSnet established the TV-6 mL/kg standard in 2000. Twenty-five years later, the same principles apply intraoperatively. Three numbers — VT, PEEP, plateau — control ventilator-induced lung injury risk.

Cardiovascular Anesthesia · 10 min read

Five questions to ask of every hemodynamic monitor: What does it actually measure? What can confound it? What decision does it inform? What does the literature say about outcome impact? When is the next monitor justified? This lecture works through the four major invasive options.

Difficult Airway · 9 min read

Awake fiberoptic intubation (AFOI) is the safety net when other airway plans don't work. The technique succeeds when the setup is methodical — anti-sialogogue, topicalization, sedation, scope handling. Rushed AFOI fails; deliberate AFOI succeeds.

Regional Anesthesia · 8 min read

Picking the right regional block for the right surgery is half technique, half cognitive map. This lecture walks through the most common surgeries and the matching block — and the failure modes when you pick wrong.

Regional Anesthesia · 7 min read

Neuraxial blocks fail in 5-10% of cases (failed level, partial block, patchy block). Recognizing why + how to rescue is what separates competent from confident regional anesthesia practice.

Thoracic + Cardiac · 10 min read

OLV is uncomfortable physiology — half the lung deliberately collapsed under positive pressure ventilation to half. The body fights you (HPV is GOOD — preserve it) and the surgeon needs the operating field. The competent anesthesia provider keeps both happy.

Cardiovascular Anesthesia · 9 min read

Cardiac induction is high-stakes — the patient is most vulnerable in the minutes after induction, before the surgical team has access to the heart. Three principles dominate: hemodynamic stability, blunting catecholamine response, smooth transition to maintenance.

Obstetric Anesthesia · 8 min read

Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal death globally. Recognition + stepwise pharmacologic + surgical response within minutes determines outcome. Anesthesia owns the pharmacology + transfusion.

Pediatric Anesthesia · 9 min read

Pediatric induction differs from adult in nearly every dimension — equipment, drug doses, parent presence, anatomy, physiology, behavioral readiness. The technique that works for a calm 7-year-old fails the screaming 2-year-old.