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erve blocks are the most targeted form of analgesia avail-
able, arming your anesthesia providers with the ability to
direct local anesthetics to specific areas of the body to
prevent pain impulses from reaching the brain. Given the
scope of the opioid epidemic, you'd expect every eligible
patient to be on the receiving end of an expertly placed peripheral nerve
Jared Bilski | Senior Associate Editor
Nerve Blocks Are a No-Brainer
Are your patients missing out on regional anesthesia's targeted pain
relief that reduces the need for opioids?
• ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT Of all the outpatient procedures that are eligible for a nerve block, only about 3% will actually involve one.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
