Grove. "We have developed a policy that a first-case-of-the-day block
does not have to wait for the surgeon, as long as it was requested by
the surgeon on the scheduling sheet and the attending anesthesiolo-
gist is OK with the surgeon not being present," says Judith Manley-
Plum, RN, MS, the center's director of nursing. "But we do have to
wait for the surgeon to arrive before blocks are done for any later day
cases that have requested one."
Prove to your physicians that regional anesthesia can deliver
effective results without postponing their incision times, and you'll
see more and more of them give up their opposition and welcome
the techniques to their cases, says Mr. Long, the Ohio CRNA. "We
pretty much have free rein in doing the blocks, as long as we do
not delay the surgeon," he says.
Team and
space
The best patient care
is accomplished by a
team, and even anes-
thesia providers with
years of experience
placing nerve blocks
work more efficiently
with assistance. That's
why high-volume
orthopedic surgery
centers swear by the
concept of the block
team. Anesthetists
working in dedicated
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