al anesthesia and be fine, and then that fifth time, they have an MH
crisis?
That still-too-high degree of unpredictability makes it all the more
important that hospitals and surgery centers — especially standalone
ASCs that don't have
the staffing or emer-
gency resources of a
full-service hospital
— prepare them-
selves through educa-
tion of the entire
staff, mock drills, the
development of
detailed procedures,
a referral process to
get an MH victim to
the appropriate level
of care, and having
the recommended
amount of dantrolene
and other necessary
materials on site.
If your facility expe-
riences an MH crisis,
time is of the essence.
Minutes are precious.
Things move pretty
fast. You're almost
certainly going to
need to save that life
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