What Happens in the PACU?
Dec 27, 2023
Experiencing a surgical procedure and receiving anesthesia medication can cause quite a shock to the body. After surgery, most patients visit the PACU for monitoring and assessment. David Rees, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with Pullman...
Labor and Delivery: No Pain, No Gain?
Mar 24, 2022
There’s quite a divide in the baby community: natural birth versus medicated. Some expecting mamas want to forgo medication and experience the feelings, contractions, and… pain of childbirth, while others opt to receive an epidural or other pain...
Reduced Opioid Pain Management Options
Jan 24, 2022
We’re in an epidemic. Increased prescription of opioid medications in the late 1990s and early 2000s led to widespread misuse of opioids- to the point that the U.S. The Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency in...
An Integrated Approach to Managing Chronic Pain
Oct 27, 2020
Everyone has experienced pain in some form or fashion. But, acute pain—such as stubbing your toe or breaking a bone—is uniquely different than chronic pain. People with persisting back pain, or residual pain from an injury, represent just one sect...
Acupuncture 101: What You Need to Know Before Starting Acupuncture
Oct 3, 2019
Acupuncture has been a respected integrative therapy in Eastern medicine, dating back to its beginnings in China an estimated 3,000 years ago. Today, tens of millions of treatments are administered yearly in the United States alone. One of the most...