#295 From OR To YouTube: What Happens When Patient Safety Meets Digital Storytelling

Curiosity can change a career—and a field. We sit down with pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist and creator Dr. Max Feinstein to trace how a love of ethics, a pandemic schedule, and a phone camera evolved into a mission to make anesthesia safer through clear, accessible education. From the first CA1 walk throughs to high-stakes cardiac cases, Max explains how video demystifies monitors, medications, and moments that raise anxiety for patients and challenge new clinicians.We dig into the roots of patient safety—why medication errors still matter, how standardized setups and closed-loop communication reduce risk, and where pediatric data remains thin. Max shares the unexpected insights from filming veterinary anesthesia, revealing shared tools and parallel workflows across species. He also talks candidly about the hardest shoot: obtaining layered consent in the OR, balancing transparency with compassion, and earning trust from everyone in the room.Now serving as the inaugural APSF digital editor, Max walks us through building collaborative patient-safety videos on platforms people actually use. Think opioid safety explained for patients, monitoring made visual for trainees, and practical lessons from human factors that stick when the pressure is high. Along the way, we highlight how partnerships with experts, attorneys, and working groups help turn guidelines into engaging stories that change behavior, not just views.If you care about anesthesia patient safety, pediatric cardiac care, or how medical education is evolving on YouTube and beyond, this conversation offers tools you can use today. Subscribe, share with a colleague, and leave a review with the safety topic you want us to unpack next.For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/295-from-or-to-youtube-what-happens-when-patient-safety-meets-digital-storytelling/© 2026, The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation