Kvamme Promoted to Anesthesia Director at Brookings Health System

Brookings Health System recently promoted Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Brian Kvamme to the role of anesthesia director.

As anesthesia director Kvamme is responsible for day-to-day operations of the anesthesia department, including implementing and maintaining patient safety, infection control, and quality improvement measures. He also oversees department growth and finances.

Kvamme also shares equal clinical time with other staff CRNAs, providing anesthetic care for patients from initial evaluation to discharge. He and the anesthesia team work closely with surgeons and the entire operating room team to provide patients pain relief before, during and after surgery.

Kvamme has over seven years of medical experience and is a member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. He received his master’s in nurse anesthesia from St Mary’s University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and is also a graduate of SDSU’s nursing program.

Brookings Health System’s anesthesia department offers personalized pain management for patients, including general anesthesia, sedation, spinal, epidural and labor epidural. In addition, the anesthesia team provides invasive and non-invasive pain relief techniques along with patient-controlled painkillers. The team is also available to help patients with chronic pain manage their condition. To learn more, visit www.brookingshealth.org/anesthesia.

About Brookings Health System

Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic, Arlington Medical Center and White Medical Clinic. It is a non-profit, city-owned facility that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, surgical and extended care services. The emergency room is staffed 24 hours a day and provides around the clock patient needs ranging from minor injuries to life threatening crises. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org.