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Anesthesia
To Our Readers
In this year's Manager's Guide to Anesthesia, we share a nerve block success story, have a hot
take on patient warming and digest the essential elements of a pre-op nutrition program. We
also recount recollections of real-life difficult airways, detail MH cart essentials and test your practical knowledge of medication safety.
We hope you use the issue's many insights to prepare patients for excellent outcomes, steward them safely through surgery and help
them recover in comfort. Cover design by Ethan Anderson | Photo by Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN, CNOR
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5 On Point
Anesthesia Advance's Pace Outpatient Care
Girish P. Joshi, MBBS, MD, FFARCSI
9 Secrets of Our Nerve Block Success
Tapping into regional anesthesia's potential
sends patients home sooner, in less pain and
more satisfied with their care.
Clover Kemp, MS, BSN, BS, RN, CNOR,
and Cindie Wade, BSN, RN, CNOR
16 What's Your Medication Safety IQ?
Take this short quiz to test your knowledge
of drug security, storage and administration.
Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP
24 Primed for Recovery
Optimizing patients' nutrition before surgery
prepares their bodies for the physical rigors
of surgery.
Joe Paone | Senior Associate Editor
33 How to Stock Your MH Carts
Your staff needs easy access to rescue
medications and essential supplies when
the patient's life hangs in the balance.
Mike Morsch | Associate Editor
42 Don't Put Off Patient Warming
Efforts to prevent hypothermia
work best when they begin in pre-op.
Connie Garrett, MSN, RN, CNL, CNOR
49 True-Life Tales of Trying Airways
Anesthesia experts share their most
memorable difficult intubations — and what they
learned from their experiences.
Jared Bilski | Senior Associate Editor
58 Should You Go IV-Free?
Oral sedation promises to improve
efficiencies and increase patient satisfaction
in busy eye centers.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
65 Retired Wide Receiver
Catching On in the OR
Q&A with Nate Hughes, MD, former NFLer
and future anesthesiologist.
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