In this episode, we explore opioid free anesthesia with Tom Baribeault, MSN, CRNA and Jayme Reuter, MS, CRNA. Tom is the founder of the Society for Opioid Free Anesthesia and Jayme is the founder of Cornerstone Anesthesia Conferences. The three of us came together in Scottsdale, Arizona at one of Cornerstone’s continuing education conferences for CRNAs.



We discuss the progression to opioid free anesthesia (OFA) in our field, where OFA fits into enhanced recovery programs and the specific techniques of how to provide a comfortable, opioid-free perioperative experience for our patients.



Click the following link to find out more about the Society for Opioid Free Anesthesia, including a resource-filled members-only section of their website which includes overviews of pharmacological alternatives to opioids and specific opioid-free anesthetic plans.



You can also explore all of Cornerstone Anesthesia Conference’s offerings. We will be in San Antonio, Sonoma, Huston and New Orleans in the coming months… come check us out!



Tom Baribeault, MSN, CRNA is the Chief CRNA at Lexington Surgery Center in Lexington, Kentucky. He completed his anesthesia training at Case Western Reserve University. Tom has a passion for teaching anesthesia providers and others on opioid-free anesthesia, enhanced recovery after surgery, ultrasound guided regional anesthesia and point of care ultrasound. He is the president and founder of the Society for Opioid Free Anesthesia and is a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and the Kentucky Association of Nurse Anesthetists.



Jayme Reuter, MS, CRNA is the Program Director and founder of Cornerstone Anesthesia Conferences. She completed her anesthesia training at Baylor College of Medicine and practices at Houston Methodist Hospital, which is part of Texas Medical Center. She created Cornerstone Anesthesia Conferences in 2017 with a mission to be the foundation for excellence in continuing anesthesia education.