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Manager's Guide to
Ambulatory Anesthesia
FEATURES
4 Warming to Faster
Patient Discharges
Spending less time in recovery is an
often-overlooked benefit of actively warming patients before, during and after surgery.
July 2013 | www.outpatientsurgery.net
Gail O. Guterl | Contributing Editor
20 Top Tips for Managing Post-Op Pain
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Keep patients comfortable in recovery and
at home.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
27 Low-Flow Anesthesia
For Quicker Recoveries
Reducing gas delivery by 500ml per minute
also boosts the bottom line.
Clifford Gevirtz, MD, MPH
35 Manage Airways
the Ambulatory Way
The factors that affect respiration
can assist in recovery.
Rosalind Ritchie, MD
44 The Art of PONV Prevention
Science — and a little bit of common sense
— will help you steer clear of this common
complication.
Ashish C. Sinha, MD, PhD
Vascular Access Made Easy
Time-tested tips for
locating veins and starting IVs.
Richard Novak, MD
51 Rev Up With Regional
Local blocks help send happy patients home
sooner.
Bruce Nadro, DO
55 Why Vital Signs Are Vitally Important
Don't overlook basic monitoring strategies
to enhance safety and efficiency.
Stephanie Wasek | Contributing Editor
To Our Readers
Supplement to
Do your patients linger half-dazed and nauseous in recovery or are they alert, happy and ready to
head home? That likely depends on the abilities of your anesthesia providers to secure airways,
stave off PONV and post-op pain, master regional anesthesia techniques, monitor vital signs for the
first indication of trouble, and ensure IVs are started quickly and painlessly in patients who are warm
and comfortable. Pass along the timesaving strategies outlined in this year's Manager's Guide to
Ambulatory Anesthesia to the providers who have their fingers on the pulse of your center as they
move patients from pre-op to the PACU as safely and efficiently as possible.
On the cover: Richard Novak, MD | Cover design by Ethan Anderson
J U LY 2013 | S U P P L E M E N T
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Put patients on
the fast track of care.
• First-stick success
during IV access p. 6
• How low can gas
flow go? p. 19
• No more PONV p. 31
M A N AG E R ' S G U I D E TO
Ambulatory
Anesthesia
Streamline Your
Airway Management
Strategies p. 24
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