Articles written by Ellen Brand
How We Did It: Decommissioning Central Nitrous Oxide Pipes at Three Institutions
Nicholas Gadsden, M.D., Ellen Brand, M.D., Vittoria Arslan-Carlon, M.D., and Deirdre C. Kelleher, M.D. Anesthetic gases are responsible for up to 50% of perioperative emissions, contributing substantially to hospital scope 1 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (direct emissions).1 To decrease the environmental impact of anesthesia practice, the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) encourages all […]
Read the articleThe Day I Almost Went to Jail
A few months ago, my workday started normally. My assignment was in OB, as it usually is. As I took over from the night call doc, the obstetricians called a STAT CS on a patient who had just arrived.
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