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urgeons grab headlines for performing innovative proce-
dures and nurses will always be the heart of health care,
but it's the anesthesia providers who ultimately green
light the complex cases that are pushing outpatient sur-
gery forward. Without their mastery of airway manage-
ment and deft touch in controlling post-op pain, patients who undergo
surgeries that used to require several overnight stays wouldn't be
Jim Burger | Contributing Editor
5 Key Advances in Anesthesia
The latest tools and techniques that enable
safe and pain-free same-day discharge.
• COMMAND CENTRAL Anesthesia
providers are tapping into technology to
keep patients safe and limit their post-
op discomfort.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
