Anaesthesia posting Reflective Report

Through this posting, I’ve experienced the crucial role patient safety in anaesthesia.
There are many different medications to prepare especially during operation and any one of
them given can cause a drastic effect on the patient and most of all, most of it looks the
same. I’ve observed the doctors labelling the medication as soon as they have drawn it into
a syringe to minimize that. Also, they've also make sure to label all their IV lines to make
sure they do not administer the medication to the wrong line. I’ve also reflected on the
importance of going through the checklist at every point and do not assume as it is always
better to be more careful than not. In one of the operation I’ve observed, the anesthetist
specialist was about to start induction when she asked the MO if the GA monitor was
checked, in which, it was not. It was then that they've found out that the tube was not
connected.