PAIN MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES THAT GET RIGHT TO THE POINT (PREMIUM)│ EP133

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Welcome to the Atomic Anesthesia podcast hosted by CRNA professor Dr. Rhea Temmermand and Co-Founder Sachi Lord. On this show, you'll hear clear, clinically grounded discussions designed for nurse anesthesia residents and CRNAs who want to feel more confident in complex pharmacology, physiology, and real-world anesthesia decision-making.

Your hernia patient shows up with an intrathecal pump, a spinal cord stimulator and a neck injection last month. In this members-only Week 6 episode of our SEE/NCE series, we walk you through the interventional pain procedures your patients have had, so you know what to do with each device and which complications to watch for.

In this episode:

Interlaminar vs transforaminal epidural steroid injections, and why the side door is where the risk livesParticulate vs nonparticulate steroids and the safety rules for cervical injectionsMedial branch blocks and radiofrequency ablation for facet painSympathetic blocks from top to bottom: stellate ganglion, celiac plexus, lumbar sympathetic, superior hypogastric and ganglion imparSpinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pumps, including what to do with each on the day of surgeryAnticoagulation timing, contrast and intravascular injection safety

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