PMID: 24354076Dec 21, 2013Paper

A novel approach to improving the safety of patients undergoing lumbar laminectomy

AANA Journal
Edward M Salkind

Abstract

The anesthesiology field has recently embraced the use of checklists to obviate the need for long-term memory, improve safety, and achieve goals and tasks. These checklists serve to increase safety, improve consumer satisfaction, and reduce mortality and morbidity. Spinal surgery with the patient lying prone is associated with complex morbidities when there is inattention to proper positioning technique. Problems arising from malpositioning of the patient undergoing spinal surgery are attributed to body habitus and the body's contact with specialized and complex operating room table frames. Common problems associated with the prone position are brachial plexus injury, cervical spine nerve injuries, and postoperative visual loss. The purpose of this research project was to examine the use of a checklist for nurse anesthetists who provide care for patients undergoing spinal surgery. The checklist addressed specific positioning needs as a means of decreasing mortality and morbidity. It is theorized that the use of a checklist will serve as a systematic aid to memory and enable the anesthetist to adhere to proper positioning techniques in this patient population and thereby improve outcomes.

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