Tasha McNerney podcast renews focus on pain prevention

Tasha McNerney, BS, CVT, CVPP, VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia), is getting renewed attention through a recent resurfacing of her Blunt Dissection podcast episode, “Preventing Pain in Pets (& People!),” which highlights her long-running work in veterinary anesthesia, analgesia, and public education around animal pain. McNerney is founder of Veterinary Anesthesia Nerds, a large professional education community, and has also helped promote Animal Pain Awareness Month with the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management. Related anesthesia-focused podcast coverage from Patterson Veterinary has also spotlighted Darci Palmer, BS, LVT, VTS, another prominent technician educator in anesthesia and analgesia. (music.amazon.it)

Why it matters: For veterinary professionals, the takeaway isn’t a product launch or regulatory change, but the continued push toward better pain recognition, multimodal analgesia, and stronger technician-led anesthesia education. That aligns with the 2022 AAHA Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats, which emphasize preemptive analgesia, multimodal treatment, and broader team involvement in identifying and managing pain. McNerney’s recent commentary elsewhere has also reinforced practical shifts already underway in practice, including greater use of local anesthetic techniques and reduced reliance on any single class of analgesics. (aaha.org)

What to watch: Expect this conversation to keep feeding technician training, protocol updates, and wider adoption of team-based pain management tools in general practice. (veterinaryanesthesianerds.com)