Duke Anesthesiology Wins Resident Quality Improvement Award
Congratulations to the authors who received the 2017 Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Resident Quality Improvement Recognition Award for their winning video that focuses on a bedside tool to improve patient transports.
Duke Anesthesiology Surges to Win First Place for Fundraising
For the seventh year in a row, Duke raises the most funds for the nonprofit, Hope For The Warriors, and medals at the Run For The Warriors 5K race in Boston!
Extreme Everest 2017: Reflections From a Scientific Expedition
In a quest to continuously measure pulse oximetry in hikers and study alternative strategies for treating hypoxia in patients, Drs. Richard Moon and Eugene Moretti describe their 11-day trek in the Himalayas.
Q: What was the main goal of this year’s American Board of Anesthesiology-accredited, month-long global health residency rotation in Ghana?
A: The goal of the trip to Ghana was to create a project that could show an incremental measurable gain in the delivery of health care. We arrived in Accra, Ghana at a very interesting time.
Q: Can you provide an example of the learning takeaways that Duke Anesthesiology residents gain from their global health mission trips?
A: In March, we spent a week in Jacmel, Haiti, providing anesthesia care and helping to improve the education of Haitian doctors and nurses caring for patients in the perioperative period. The days were long, mostly pushing 14 hours, but we worked with wonderful folks to take excellent care of very grateful people as they received the surgeries they needed, so time went by quickly.
Q: What role does the Duke Anesthesiology Residency Program play in global health?
A: It’s March 11th and we’ve safely arrived in Guatemala City, Guatemala for the sixth time in as many years to help evaluate and care for a group of children undergoing general and urologic surgeries. Our mission brings hope to these individuals and families while simultaneously seeking a sustainable model by supplementing pediatric training for local providers and collaborating on research and quality improvement endeavors with local institutions.
