Surgery 101

Anesthesia 101: Pre-Op Assessment

September 2, 2015

5:00 pm

This week resident Ameer Farooq talks about the Anesthetic pre-operative assessment.

After listening to the podcast learners will be able to:

  • Understand the Purpose of the Pre-operative history
  • Know the important aspects of the history and physical exam to focus on.
  • Describe two important classification systems that medical students should be aware of: the ASA score and Mallampati score.