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Contents
5 On Point
Help Solve the Opioid Crisis
David M. Dickerson, MD
9 Are You Ready to
Handle Difficult Airways?
Have a plan in place and needed tools
on hand to solve challenging intubations.
Carin Hagberg, MD, FASA
16 Tools to Improve Medication Safety
To eliminate administration mistakes,
you have to eliminate the human factor.
Ronald S. Litman, DO, ML
24 How to Organize Your MH Carts
Standardized supplies will help your staff
save a life when every second counts.
Cheryl M. Gallaga, MSNEd, RN, CNOR
33 Patient Monitoring Essentials
Capnography and pulse oximetry
provide additional reassurance whenever
anesthesia is administered.
Jason Warren, MD
38 The Case for Continuous Nerve Blocks
Get on board with the best way
to manage post-op pain without opioids.
Stavros G. Memtsoudis, MD, PhD
46 Time to Upgrade
Your Anesthesia Machines?
The newest models help providers deliver
inhalational agents safely, precisely and economically.
Christine Whitten, MD
53 On the Fast Track
6 keys to shorter stays in the recovery room.
Andi N. Rice, DNP, CRNA
59 Your Options in Patient Warming
The benefits of preventing hypothermia extend
well beyond warm welcomes.
Mike Morsch | Associate Editor
67 An Inspiring Second Place Finish
After 26.2 Miles
Q&A with Sarah Sellers, CRNA,
2018 Boston Marathon runner-up.
To Our Readers
It's easy to spot patients who've been cared for by skilled anesthesia providers — they're the
ones smiling in the PACU. Their pain in minimal, they're recovering quickly from a light anes-
thetic touch and they're feeling no ill effects of the medications they received. This year's Manager's Guide to Anesthesia spotlights the
head of the OR table, where your CRNAs and anesthesiologists have their fingers on the pulse of your patients and the quality of care
your surgical team provides.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson | Photo by Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN, CNOR
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