Seamless Transitions: Improving Intraoperative Anesthesia Handoffs

Episode 384 of the Beyond The Mask: Innovation & Opportunities For CRNAs podcast, hosted by Jeremy Stanley, titled "Seamless Transitions: Improving Intraoperative Anesthesia Handoffs" was published on February 6, 2025 and runs 19 minutes.

February 6, 2025 ·19m · Beyond The Mask: Innovation & Opportunities For CRNAs

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Summary

With lives on the line, the smallest misstep in communication can have critical consequences. Patient data gets transferred at the handoff from the preoperative area to the operating room to the postoperative area, but most anesthesia practices have been slow to adopt a standardized approach to sharing this information. Today’s guest, Pete Montrie, CRNA, DNP, created the AMPLE approach for his DNP project, and he’ll explain how this streamlined process can improve communication and enhance patient safety. Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode: Why he chose this topic for his DNP at the University of Alabama. The main issues that the literature identified during these handoffs. How he developed his project and his plan going in. The project resulted in a 70% increase in handoffs based on billing data. Read Pete’s DNP Project: https://ir-api.ua.edu/api/core/bitstreams/fc700ea9-3ec8-44e2-a255-0591ceab4be2/content Visit us online: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/ The 1099 CRNA Institute: https://aana.com/1099 Get the CE Certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf Help us grow by leaving a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-mask-innovation-opportunities-for-crnas/id1440309246 Donate to Our Heart Your Hands here: https://www.ourheartsyourhands.org/donate Support Team Emma Kate: https://grouprev.com/haloswalk2024-shannon-shannon-brekken

Episode Description

With lives on the line, the smallest misstep in communication can have critical consequences. Patient data gets transferred at the handoff from the preoperative area to the operating room to the postoperative area, but most anesthesia practices have been slow to adopt a standardized approach to sharing this information.

Today’s guest, Pete Montrie, CRNA, DNP, created the AMPLE approach for his DNP project, and he’ll explain how this streamlined process can improve communication and enhance patient safety.

Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:

Why he chose this topic for his DNP at the University of Alabama.
The main issues that the literature identified during these handoffs.
How he developed his project and his plan going in.
The project resulted in a 70% increase in handoffs based on billing data.

Read Pete’s DNP Project: https://ir-api.ua.edu/api/core/bitstreams/fc700ea9-3ec8-44e2-a255-0591ceab4be2/content

Visit us online: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/

The 1099 CRNA Institute: https://aana.com/1099

Get the CE Certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf

Help us grow by leaving a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-mask-innovation-opportunities-for-crnas/id1440309246

Donate to Our Heart Your Hands here: https://www.ourheartsyourhands.org/donate

Support Team Emma Kate: https://grouprev.com/haloswalk2024-shannon-shannon-brekken

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