Meeting Notes From the 2012 ASA Annual Meeting

Abstract

ASPAN has long benefited from a collegial relationship with the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF). Each year, ASPAN leadership attends the ASA Annual Meeting at the invitation of the seated ASA President. ASPAN President, Susan Carter, BSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA, and Vice President/President-Elect Twilla Shrout, BSN, MBA, RN, CPAN, CAPA, attended the 2012 ASA Annual Meeting held October 13-17, 2012, in Washington, DC. The theme of the annual meeting was Transforming Patient Safety Through Education and Advocacy. As the APSF liaison, I attended the inaugural ASA/APSF Ellison (Jeep) C. Pierce Lecture on Patient Safety and the APSF Workshop, and represented ASPAN at the APSF Board of Directors' meeting after the sessions. Kim Kraft, BSN, RN, CPAN, APSF Liason, is a Perianesthesia Nurse Clinician, Surgical Services, Mercy Hospital St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.