Overby Joins Brookings Health System’s Anesthesia Team
- April 18, 2016
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Amber Overby recently joined Brookings Health System’s anesthesia department.
Overby received her master’s in nurse anesthesia from Mount Marty College Sioux Falls and is also a graduate of SDSU’s nursing program. She has six years of medical experience, including experience as a nurse in the intensive care unit at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls.
As a member of the anesthesia department, Overby provides anesthetic care for patients of all ages, from initial evaluation to discharge. She works closely with surgeons and the entire operating room team to provide patients pain relief before, during and after surgery.
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.