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3/20/2025 Anesthesiology Grand Rounds - From the Summit to the OR: Applying Lessons from Mountain Rescue to Anesthesiology

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Discuss anesthesiology as a field of risk identification to mitigation
  • Describe three human behaviors affecting critical decision making
  • Identify critical features of the stress continuum for individuals to teams

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Webster CS, Taylor S, and Weller.  Cognitive biases in diagnosis and decision making during anaesthesia and intensive care.  BJA Education, 21(11): 420-425; 2021.
  2. Shanahan DF, Astell-Burt T, Barber EA, et al. Nature-based intervetions for improving health and wellbeing:  The purpose, the people and the outcomes. Sports 2019-06. Vol 7(6) p141. 
  3. Millar et al, Past the Pandemic:  A virtual intervention supporting the well-being of healthcare workers through the COVID-19 pandemic.  Frontiers in Psychology 26 Oct 2023. 

Authors:
Tiffany L Brainerd, MD FAAP FASA FAWM DiMM — Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.