Healthy relationships between anesthesia professionals and surgeons are vital to patient safety

Summary

In this article in the APSF newsletter, Jeffrey Cooper discusses the importance of the anaesthetist and surgeon relationship and why a healthy collaborative relationship is vital for patient safety. He suggests a number of practical relationship building principles.

"I’m not promising you a rosy world if you work at this. But I think it’s worth your time for your patients’ safety to try as much as you can. Doing nothing will mean nothing will change. If your efforts succeed, you’ll have made a huge advance for patient safety, and you’re likely to find more joy and meaning in your professional daily life."