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I
f you don't start actively warming
patients until they enter the OR, you're
"already behind the 8-ball," says Kim
York, BSN, MS, RN, CNOR, CSSM, the
director of surgery at Dosher Memorial
Pre-warming:
The Key to Preventing Hypothermia?
How soon you start warming patients could
determine how quickly they're discharged
from PACU.
Bill Donahue | Senior Editor
• A WELCOME PERK Warmed cotton blankets are a preferred means of keeping patients normothermic.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN