The Warming Blog

Preoperative care means taking physical and psychological steps to help the patient before surgery. Strong evidence exists to show that active preoperative warming is a large part of that service. It reduces the risk of intraoperative and perioperative hypothermia and complications such as surgical site infections. Pre-warming is also a form of comfort care for patients that are understandably feeling anxiety. 

Kind of...A few members of the Enthermics team participated in a team-building and endurance event called 29029 Everesting that took place in Vermont, on Stratton Mountain, October 17 through 19, 2019. Learning to work together and helping each other during this exercise in endurance has made the team stronger and can be directly applied to everyday life as well as success in business. . In conjunction with preparing for the event, we also raised almost 5k for St. Joseph Home, a home for adults and children with developmental disabilities, in Cincinnati Ohio - thanks in part to a significant donation from Alto-Shaam.

There are a few different ways to keep patients warm through the perioperative stages. It is important to be aware of the risks and benefits of each option.

The official voice of perioperative nursing, has made some new additions to warming guidelines.