And we could have the thing equiped with a pager so that the nurse wouldn't have to be the middleman anymore when the patient wants more pain meds.
Yes, I see the possibilities...
Oooh --- you see the evil possibilities!
Cool. Hadn't heard about it. Thanks for the post.
DocSurg,
A friend of mine is a manager at a pharmaceutical company who was excited about this product.
He thought it would replace the IV PCAs that we use.
I informed him that in my practice, as a urologist, most of my large surgeries are done minimally invasive (robotic or laproscopic) and I do not routinely use PCA pumps any longer.
I thought general surgeons would likely still use PCAs.
Have you seen a decline in your need for PCA pumps?
Another issue I see with these (and I told that to the sales rep) is that for many of the cases I see the patients come in on so many narcotics that the dose they provide is far to small to cause any effects.
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