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Editorial - In Nabil's Corner
Thinking Outside the Box
At the end of August, I headed to Schaumburg, Illinois, as part of
a 12-member technical expert panel. The panel is composed of
members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and
ASRA and is working on the development of outcome metrics
related to regional anesthesia and pain medicine (RAPM). I was
happy to see ASA and ASRA leaders working together to give the
RAPM community a voice in suggesting which metrics we should
use to measure performance in these subspecialties. I expect more
collaboration in the future between the two societies.
This was one of many advocacy efforts ASRA does on your behalf.
This first in-person meeting concluded with six measures to be
developed by this committee and later posted for public comment.
These measures include use of multimodal analgesia, use of
regional anesthesia for total knee arthroplasty, and implementing
safeguards to ensure safe opioid use by pain practitioners.
As a side note, this was my first visit ever to the ASA headquarters
in Schaumburg, Illinois. ASA has done a very nice job in putting
together a spectacular mural timeline exhibit (from darkness to
light) representing the history of anesthesiology (Figure 1). I was
particularly interested in some of the artifacts that represent the

evolution of RAPM (Figure 2). If you
are in the area, I encourage you to
arrange a visit to ASA headquarters
and spend some time in the Wood
Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. I
was glad I had this opportunity. The
more I get involved with the RAPM
community, the more I realize how
creative these folks are. They always
have a knack for innovation and
thinking outside the box.
Nabil Elkassabany, MD, MSCE

This issue of the ASRA News
ASRA News Editor
features some cutting-edge uses
of regional anesthesia in critically
ill patients and cardiac surgery. In addition, we feature an
article about use of nerve blocks for patients having head and
neck, ear, nose, and throat surgery. We also present the third
installment of the problem-based learning discussion (PBLD)
series. This article puts social media to work in an innovative and
unprecedented way. As we have done in the prior two PBLDs, we
solicit responses to different "twists" in the case scenario from
experts in the field, compile these responses, and present to you
the summary of these experts' opinions. We also post the stem

Figure 1: "From Darkness to Light": Anesthesia History Exhibit at the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.

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