Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the roles of the members of the health care team in their respective responsibilities for quality care.
2. Discuss implications of the healthcare system on the environment.
3. Discuss implications of supply chain and the creation of CO2 emissions.
4. Discuss the environment impact of various anesthetics.
5. Discuss the impact of electricity use and CO2 creation.
6. Discuss common platelet count thresholds for procedures and platelet transfusion.
7. Discuss thromboelastography use before invasive procedures in Cirrhosis with severe coagulopathy.
8. Discuss safety of tranexamic acid in high risk patients having arthroplasty.

Faculty

Michael Murray, MD
Staff Anesthesiologist
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Physician
Baystate Medical Center 

Hemantha Sunkara, MD
Staff Anesthesiologist
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Physician
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.