Anesthesia 101: Pre-Operative Assessment


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.

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