HealthCare
Midwest Ambulatory Surgery Center began providing its own anesthesia
in August of 1999 with the hiring of Dale G. Moore,
CRNA. Dale is a native of Mishawaka, Indiana, and has
lived in Michigan since 1992. Dale is a graduate of Bethel College
in Mishawaka, The University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul,
Minnesota, and the Minneapolis Veteran's Administration Medical
Center School of Anesthesia in Minneapolis, MN. Dale has been
a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist since 1992.
Dale
is responsible for the administration of all anesthesias at
the HealthCare Midwest Ambulatory Surgery Center including general,
regional, and monitored anesthesia care (sedation). Dale works
with all HealthCare Midwest surgeons as well as non-HealthCare
Midwest surgeons including plastic surgeons, ophthalmologists,
and podiatrists. Dale has a special interest in regional anesthesia,
or nerve blocks for surgical anesthesia. With the advent of
newer local anesthetics, nerve blocks can be performed that
keep an arm or ankle numb for 12 hours or more after surgery.
Therefore, procedures that were traditionally performed in the
hospital for pain control issues are now being performed in
the outpatient setting and the patient is sent home with a prescription
for pain medicine. Patients are generally very nervous about
receiving a general anesthetic and the offer of a nerve block
is very appealing. Dale also has a special interest in pediatric
anesthesia. HealthCare Midwest surgeons perform many surgeries
on pediatric patients at the Ambulatory Surgery Center from
Ear, Nose, Throat, Head & Neck Surgery Care to Urology to
Eye Muscle Surgery.
Dale
says when dealing with pediatric patients you are also
dealing with the anxious parents. Many of the pediatric
patients are sedated with oral medication before going
to the operating room thus preventing the separation anxiety
and crying that is often experienced. Most of the parents
and pediatric patients have a good experience and leave
totally satisfied. Dale says that he works with the "cream
of the crop" when it comes to surgeons. "All
of the surgeons that work at HealthCare Midwest Ambulatory
Surgery Center are the best in their field in Kalamazoo
and in many cases in the entire region."
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