When Dr. Gus Chan was asked to join the Pain Management and Opiate Safety Working Group, he was excited to be able to provide input into promoting regional anesthesia as an alternative to opioids and better pain management procedures. He applied to the South Island Medical Staff Association’s Facility Engagement […]
Read moreWhen Dr. Duncan Jacks initiated Victoria Enhanced Recovery Arthroplasty (VERA), a same-day arthroplasty program in Victoria in 2019, he did so in recognition of the value of getting patients home safely on the same day as their surgery. Patients appreciated not having to spend the night in the unfamiliar setting […]
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Usually, when anesthesia is administered in the operating room, only one patient can be treated at a time. With a block room, which is a designated space to administer regional anesthesia, parallel processing can be used. Multiple patients can receive regional anesthesia while other patients are having their operations in […]
Read moreA wonderful update: Warmest congratulations to Dr. Emily Krauss, Dr. Paul Winston, and Dr. Daniel Vincent on being recognized in The Spin Magazine (pages 22-25). The team’s work is changing lives up and down Vancouver Island and turning heads around the world! This success story was orginially published in April […]
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Warmest congratulations and thanks to Dr. Angela Enright, whose work was recognized yesterday by the Royal College in the attached announcement from its CEO: Dear colleagues, Today is World Humanitarian Day and on this occasion it is my pleasure to announce this year’s recipient of the Royal College Teasdale-Corti […]
Read moreCongratulations to Dr. Paul Winston, Dr. Emily Krauss, and Dr. Daniel Vincent for being mentioned in the BCMJ, full article here.
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