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Nerve Block: How Long It Lasts

By |2025-11-10T10:54:23-06:00July 20, 2021|Chronic Pain Management, Course Information, Pain Management|

One of the commitments our Maverick Medical Education team has made is to train medical professionals in pain management solutions that do not involve prescribing opioids. With more in the medical industry being taught a variety of solutions, including how to effectively administer nerve blocks, we can help our patients have better outcomes and put them at less risk for addiction. Is a nerve block really as good of a solution as we claim? With the way a nerve block works and the reduction in side effects, it is a great solution for a number of reasons.

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Ultrasound Basics: Reading an Ultrasound Image

By |2025-11-10T12:19:15-06:00June 29, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Even those of us in the medical field have had the awkward experience of being handed an ultrasound image of someone’s new baby and having to pause and think about what we may be looking at. The marvel of ultrasound, whether for pregnancies, guiding equipment, or monitoring progression of a medical concern, is clear. We can take a look inside the bodies of our patients with a simple wave of the hand, or, in this case, wand. How do we interpret those images though? Maverick Medical Education is learning more about ultrasound and how to assist patients in numerous fields, every day.

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How a Nerve Block Works

By |2025-11-13T06:26:26-06:00June 29, 2021|Chronic Pain Management, Course Information, Pain Management, Regional Anesthesia|

Maverick Medical Education is devoted to helping educate medical professionals on forms of pain relief and pain management that do not involve opioid prescriptions. One of the largest components of our educational efforts center around nerve blocks and the different ways they can be used, both pre and post operatively and in other pain management settings. Nerve blocks are versatile in how they can be used, making them an ideal consideration for a number of patients.

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7 Ways to Use Point of Care Ultrasound

By |2025-11-14T10:13:21-06:00May 28, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

When Maverick Medical Education looks for courses to offer to medical professionals around the country, we are considering what may best serve patients and communities. Pain management and relief techniques have always been a part of what drives our educators, but as we saw more and more techniques better performed with ultrasound assistance, we realized that there was a valuable tool in Point of Care Ultrasound, or POCUS, as well. This nimble diagnostic tool can be used in any field and offers medical staff the chance to quickly assess what is taking place inside a patient’s body, with the ability to understand how that patient is progressing throughout their stay. POCUS is versatile in how it can treat and help the patients we serve today and tomorrow.

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Common Patient Questions About Nerve Blocks

By |2025-11-10T12:25:14-06:00May 26, 2021|Chronic Pain Management, Course Information, Pain Management|

A huge component to patient care is helping the patient and their caretaker or loved ones feel included and informed in the medical process. By explaining what will take place and providing answers to as many of their questions as we can, we have a positive impact on recovery in many cases. At Maverick, we want to be a resource you can fall back on when your patients pose questions about nerve blocks. Even if you have these answers, it is helpful to know what your patient may ask.

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Benefits of Using Cadavers in Training

By |2025-11-10T12:04:00-06:00April 26, 2021|Course Information, Course News, Pulsative Cadavers|

There is no secret that Maverick Medical Education wants to provide the best. We want the best for students, the best for trainings, and the best for the community at large. By being thoughtful about the pedagogical decisions we make, like making our course content accessible ahead of time, front loading the academic work, so our time in person can be spent practicing techniques, we know we are providing the best we can. This drive for the best carries over to every aspect of the lab, including using cadavers for modules and learning.

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Ultrasound Use for Vascular Access and Basic Cardiac and Pulmonary Assessment for Nurses

By |2025-11-13T06:02:22-06:00April 15, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Daniel Nash, CRNA, DNAP reviews how nurses can use ultrasound for vascular access and basic cardiac and pulmonary assessments.

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Managing Pain Without Opioids

By |2025-11-13T05:53:13-06:00April 13, 2021|Chronic Pain Management, Course Information, Pain Management|

Maverick Medical Education was formed with many goals in mind, but one of those goals, which is always in the forefront of our minds, is how to help educate medical professionals around the country in ways that will reduce the number of times opioid prescriptions are given. One of the best ways we can support medical professionals in this attempt is to give multiple resources, techniques, and methods to help prevent and manage pain in their patients.

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Types of Nerve Blocks We Teach

By |2022-08-30T19:53:17-05:00February 16, 2021|Course Information, Regional Anesthesia|

With a number of courses, ranging from pain management to point of care ultrasound, our Maverick Medical Education team gets questions about the skills and techniques our students will walk away with. In addition to the knowledge we give in each of our courses, we provide students with the opportunity for hands-on training and in person guidance from our skilled Maverick Instructors. Our Regional Anesthesia Essentials and Advanced courses train on a number of nerve blocks to provide experience in providing pain relief.

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Identifying Shoulder Dislocation with POCUS

By |2025-11-14T09:47:37-06:00January 12, 2021|Course Information, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)|

Point of Care Ultrasound continues to assist in the medical practice in a number of ways. Not only does POCUS allow for better imaging and diagnosis from the start, but the ability for imaging to continue to take place during and after a procedure is crucial to patient outcomes. Maverick Medical Education sees application for POCUS in numerous ways and urges all medical practitioners to become familiar with how this technology can benefit patients in all fields. POCUS can help significantly with identifying and treating a fairly common clinical presentation, shoulder dislocation.

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