Monitoring

[bentrider]

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What monitoring is required for preoperative nerve blocks in a holding area administered with sedation? Thanks.

 

[Monty Python]

What monitoring is required for preoperative nerve blocks in a holding area administered with sedation? Thanks.

You're probably safe going with ASA standards:

http://www.asahq.org/For-Healthcare-Professionals/Standards-Guidelines-and-Statements.aspx

specifically: Basic Anesthetic Monitoring, Standards for (Effective July 1, 2011)

 

[jwk]

For better or worse, that's the coming trend. We've already decided that anything beyond the initial 2mg Versed that most of our patients get in pre-op will warrant monitoring including EtCO2. That's a boatload of expense for monitors and add-on modules, but we don't see other options.