Danielle Grace RN, BN, GradDip(Peri-Op), CertIV(TAE) has 20 years’ experience in Perioperative Nursing. She has held positions of Clinical Perioperative Nurse Educator, Associate Nurse Unit Manager – Floor Co-Ordinator, and Hospital Staff Development Officer. Danielle also works as an Education Consultant for a Victorian Nursing Agency, and is a Teaching Associate for Monash University.
This Critical Byte explores the many issues of pain management for patients experiencing acute, chronic or neuropathic pain.
Malignant Hyperthermia is a rare and potentially life threatening genetically inherited condition that can be triggered by drugs commonly used in anaesthesia. If it is not recognised and treated in its early stages, MH can be fatal.