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Would You Operate On This Patient? - October 2015 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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about its safety and efficiency on the part of our surgeons," says Edwin J. Villamater, MD, chief of anesthe- sia at the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute in Baltimore. And institutional anesthesia is a powerful force. The thing is, if your providers' nerve blocks aren't a consistently coordinated effort, your surgeons are right, at least until your patients reach PACU. Regional anesthesia success is all in the tim- ing. Planning ahead goes a long way toward preventing delays. And the ability to keep blocks on schedule, even more than the amount of experience providers have with them or building them into care plans, is the key to overcoming surgeons' opposition. One way to keep regional anesthesia from holding up the surgical schedule is to make a note of it on the surgical schedule as soon as it becomes a possibility. "If you know up front at the time of scheduling, it will allow for easier access and time for the block to be placed," says Pamela Ledger, RN, MSN, director of nursing at the Ambulatory Surgery Center at St. Mary in Langhorne, Pa. "Plan with your anesthe- sia provider so that they have adequate help and the equipment they need." Early cases present an ideal opportunity for a head start at the Illinois Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery Center in Morton 8 4 O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | O C T O B E R 2 0 1 5 z ALL ABOARD "Everyone needs to be educated about the process, and understand their roles in it," says Carrie Frederick, MD. Carrie Frederick, MD

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