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4 Guest Editor
The Personal Side of Pain
Michael A. MacKinnon, DNP, FNP-C, CRNA
5 The Cold Hard Facts on Cryo
With a variety of applications, the demand for
cryoanalgesia is increasing at outpatient facilities.
Jared Bilski | Managing Editor
10 Teaming Up to Improve
Post-op Pain Control
Multimodal analgesia delivered by a
multidisciplinary team provides preemptive
relief from the physical trauma of surgery.
Dan Cook | Editor-in-Chief
14 Keys for Infe
ction-Free Wound Care
Preventing SSIs and keeping scarring to a minimum
are important aspects of proper patient care.
Renee Cocchi | Contributing Editor
20 Reap the Many Rewards
of Regional Anesthesia
Peripheral nerve blocks provide targeted
pain relief that satisfies patients and providers.
Karina Gritsenko, MD
26 PONV Prevention
Boosts Patient Satisfaction
Efforts to eliminate that queasy feeling
improve the quality of care you provide.
Ryan Wade, CRNA
30 Extended Post-Op Pain Control
Continuous nerve blocks and long-acting anes-
thetics provide patients with long-lasting relief.
Guy Schwartz, MD
34 Improving Patient Care
One Face at a Time
Q&A with Connie Baker, MS, creator of the
Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale.
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Contents
Cover design by Ethan Anderson
Photo courtesy of Michael A. MacKinnon
S P E C I A L E D I T I O N
PAIN MANAGEMENT
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