Pediatric Anesthesia Research Team
Department of Anesthesia, BC Children's Hospital
The vision of the Department of Pediatric Anesthesia is to provide excellence and innovation in patient-centered care for the children and their families of British Columbia. Evaluation, improvement and innovation are key research activities that allow us to optimize the clinical care we provide.
BC Children's Hospital provides tertiary level care to all the children in British Columbia. The Department of Anesthesia at BC Children's Hospital is one of 11 similar university affiliated pediatric anesthesia specialist programs in Canada. The anesthesiologists at BC Children's Hospital have special training and experience in the perioperative management of infants, children and youth. These Pediatric Anesthesiologists are specialist physicians who, in addition to completion of an MD degree and at least 5 years of anesthesia training, have completed further subspecialty training in Pediatric Anesthesia.
In addition to providing expert anesthetic care, the Department of Pediatric Anesthesia is an active participant in both medical education and research. Department members participate locally, nationally and internationally in education and research to improve and to advance the practice of pediatric anesthesia and pain management. Our pediatric anesthesia fellowship-training program and research program are examples of these activities.
Article in the Vancouver Sun on November 5, 2009:
“Children’s Hospital takes a lesson from parents”. The article describes the “Bedside Observer” project that is currently underway on ward 3R. The Bedside Observer study was chosen as a example by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute for Canadian Patient Safety Week (Nov.2-6, 2009) to demonstrate the message of “Ask. Listen. Talk.”
Dr. Mark Ansermino (Anesthesia) along with Dr. Guy Dumont (UBC Electrical & Computer Engineering), Dr. Sidney Fels (UBC Computer Science), Dr. Geoffrey Blair (Surgery), and Dr. Erik Skarsgard (Surgery) have been awarded the UBC Martha Piper Research fund award for Development and Evaluation of a Wireless Pulse Oximeter on a Cell phone (iPleth) for Safe Perioperative Care in Uganda.
ECEM at the 2009 ASA!
The Electrical & Computer Engineering in Medicine (ECEM) team has just returned from the 2009 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) conference in New Orleans, LA.
ECEM at the 2009 ASA!
The Electrical & Computer Engineering in Medicine (ECEM) team has just returned from the 2009 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) conference in New Orleans, LA. American Society of Anesthesiologists We presented a Scientifc & Educational Exhibit featuring "The Intelligent Anesthesia Navigator". Our booth was very well received by the conference attendees and was judged amongst the 45 entries to receive the 2nd place award! Thank you to everyone who contributed to our success!! American ...
