opioid-free surgery

AMERICA'S OPIOIDCRISIS...MAY BEOVERSHADOWED BYCOVID-19... BUT ITHASN'T GONE AWAY.TODAY... OUR ALEXGRANT CONTINUESOUR FINDING HOPESERIES... WITH ALOOK AT HOW ANIDAHO MEDICALCENTER... SAYS IT'SUSING OPIOID-FREEANESTHESIA... TOBETTER TREAT ITSPATIENTS.ANESTHESIA HASBEEN EVOLVINGOVER THE PAST FEWDECADES AND NOWNORTH CANYON ISOFFERING OPIOIDFREE ANESTHESIAFOR MANY OF THEIRGENERAL SURGERIESAVOIDING ADDICTIVEOPIOIDSALTOGETHER."AS ANESTHESIAPROVIDERS WE ARETHE ONES DICTATINGTHE ANESTHESIAPLAN, WE'RE THEONES GIVING THEOPIOIDS,CONTROLLING THEIRPAIN DURINGSURGERY.

SO IF WECAN ELIMINATETHEIR PAIN WITHOUTHAVING TO GIVETHEM ANY OPIOIDSAT ALL, THEY WE'VEDONE OUT PART."THE INITIATIVE ALSOASSISTS IN APATIENTS RECOVERY,HELPING THOSERECOVERING NOTBECOMING RELIANTON OPIOIDS."AND SO WHEN YOUELIMINATE THEOPIOIDS BUT YOU'RESTILL DOING OTHERTHINGS TO STOPPEOPLE'S PAIN,THEY'RE GOING TOHAVE LESS SIDEEFFECTS ANDQUICKERRECOVERY."SINCE POST OPREHABILITATION ISCRITICAL INREDUCING OPIOIDRELATED SIDEEFFECTS ANDADDICTION, NORTHCANYON HAS DRIVENTHEIR EFFORTS TOHELP BETTER ASSISTWITH PEOPLE'S PAINWITH MOREEFFICIENT ANDELABORATEPRACTICES."THINGS LIKE ANTIINFLAMMATORY,MUSCLE RELAXANTSAND GIVING THOSEBEFORE SURGERY,DURING SURGERYAND THEN OURSURGEONS AREREALLY GOOD ATHAVING THOSE GIVENTO YOU AFTERSURGERY.

SO IF WETREAT THE CAUSEOF THEIR PAININSTEAD OF JUSTTREATING THE PAIN,IT REALLY REDUCESOR COMPLETELYELIMINATES THENEED FOR OPIOIDS INTHE FIRST PLACE."THE NEWANESTHETIC CANALSO BE COSTEFFICIENT FOR THEPATIENT BECAUSE OFA FAST RECOVERYBUT THE TREATMENTISN'T FOR EVERYONE.OUR GOAL IS TOREDUCE OPIOIDUSAGE ORCOMPLETELYELIMINATE IT, BUTTHAT DOESN'T WORKFOR EVERYBODY.SOMETIMES WE HAVEPATIENTS THAT ARELONG TERMNARCOTICS USERSAND IF THEY WERETO BE OFF OF THEIRNARCOTICS THEYCOULD, HAVEWITHDRAWAL OROTHER SYMPTOMS."NORTH CANYONHOPES TO LEAD BYEXAMPLE AND BEABLE TO EDUCATEPEOPLE ABOUT THEMANY BENEFITS WITHOPIOD FREESURGERY ANDGIVING THE BESTCARE POSSIBLE FORPATIENTS.

INGOODING I'M ALEXGRANT IDAHO NEWSSIX.