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T
here's no
time like
the pres-
ent to
take full
advantage of regional
anesthesia to manage
post-op pain. Nerve
blocks are being
placed with more pre-
cision, patients are
recovering faster and
with fewer opioids,
and nurses are spend-
ing less time in recov-
ery dealing with unfa-
vorable outcomes like
nausea and vomiting.
I've always been a
proponent of placing
ultrasound-guided blocks, but realized just how effective they are
when I had my rotator cuff arthroscopically repaired and woke up
from that traditionally agonizing procedure pain-free. I know from
firsthand experience as an anesthesiologist and a patient that the
foundation of your facility's multimodal pain management protocols
should be built on regional blocks.
Thomas W. Durick, MD | Oakland, Calif.
Rely on Regional Anesthesia
Advances in tools and techniques have
improved the pain-relieving effectiveness of nerve blocks.
ADDED BENEFITS Ultrasound technology is becoming better, faster, smaller and
less expensive.