Regional Anesthesia Program
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[...]
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Pain Management and Opiate Safety Working Group
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 a[...]
Read morePresurgical Resilience Optimization Project (PROP)
Before any elective surgery, physicians try to prepare patients and reduce complication rates by stabilizing any known medical issues. Growing research also points to the value of considering other[...]
Read moreMonthly TEE Case Review
Approximately 800 cardiac surgery cases are done each year at Royal Jubilee Hospital and it is standard for the anesthesiologist to perform an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE). H[...]
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