Nabil Othman

Vigilance (eBook, ePUB)

An Anesthesiologist's Notes on Thriving in Uncertainty

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

If the apocalypse is going to happen, now seems like the time. From hybrid killerbees to domestic terrorism, catastrophe bingo has displaced baseball as America''spastime. No one seems to have a strategy. Until now. Like our modern world, thediscipline of anesthesiology is filled with long periods of stressful uncertaintyinterrupted by unpredictable catastrophes. Vigilance shares how anesthesiologistsutilize statistical thinking, cognitive psychology, and behavioral economics togenerate stability and prevent complications in the operating room-and how thesesame strategies apply to our broader systemic problems. Anesthesiologists haveperfected their methodology over the last seventy years. Death from anesthesiacomplications has fallen more than 98 percent despite increasing patient andsurgical complexity. Learn how to recognize the invisible synergistic systems thatcontrol our modern world, how to intervene decisively when disasters happen, and howto manage sudden catastrophes to prevent harm. Vigilance is a guide for thriving inour new, uncertain world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BookBaby
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781544521046
• Artikelnr.: 70883858

Autorenporträt

Nabil Othman, MD, is an anesthesiology resident physician at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. A serial innovator, Dr. Othman helped design an electronic medical record system for a primary care clinic in rural Haiti and studied a novel clotting assay to protect infants after congenital heart surgery. In his free time, Dr. Othman enjoys exploring nature on far-flung trekking adventures. He has hiked the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, Mount Whitney in California, and, most recently, the Kalalau Trail in Hawaii. He blogs at airwaybagelcoffee.com.