Medication-related emergencies occurring in the operating room or peri-procedural areas include malignant hyperthermia and local anesthetic toxicity. In each instance, time is of the essence in recognizing and treating life-threatening drug reaction.
SPEAKERS
Dr. Nicole Palm, PharmD, BCCCP is a surgical intensive care unit pharmacy specialist at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She has practiced in this setting for six years following her PharmD at the University of Minnesota, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at University of Illinois-Chicago, and PGY2 Critical Care Residency at Medical University of South Carolina. Her practice interests include resuscitation, hemostasis, perioperative medication safety and postoperative arrhythmias.
Vicki Basalyga, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, is the Director for the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists. In this role Vicki serves as an information resource and provides guidance to ASHP members regarding science and scientific developments affecting pharmacy practice in health systems. She serves as secretary to the Section executive committee and coordinates activities to accomplish the objectives established by the Section. Additionally, Vicki has assumed the position of Council Secretary for the ASHP's Council on Therapeutics.
Vicki received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Duquesne University and completed an ASHP accredited PGY1 at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Vicki is also a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a Board Certified Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Specialist.
Prior to her current position at ASHP, Vicki practiced as critical care pharmacist in both the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Other activities Vicki performed included drafting policies and procedures, co-chairing the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, creating and drafting order sets for CPOE conversion and precepting residents and students.