Welcome to the first episode of the new Anesthesia Patient Safety podcast hosted by Alli Bechtel.  This podcast will be an exciting journey towards improved anesthesia patient safety.  On today’s episode, I introduce the new podcast and review the mission statement and vision statement of the APSF. https://www.apsf.org/about-apsf/mission-and-vision-statements/I also review the 12 Patient Safety Priorities of the APSF. https://www.apsf.org/patient-safety-initiatives/Before we jump into all of the exciting things that the APSF is currently doing for patient safety, I travel back in time and review the history of the APSF.https://www.apsf.org/about-apsf/foundation-history/Finally, I introduce some of the APSF Board Members and Committee Chairs. https://www.apsf.org/about-apsf/board-committees/Be sure to check out the APSF website at https://www.apsf.org/Make sure that you subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.apsf.org/subscribe/Follow us on Twitter @APSForgQuestions or Comments? Email me at podcast@apsf.org.For show notes & transcript, visit our episode page at apsf.org: https://www.apsf.org/podcast/1-welcome-to-the-apsf-podcast/