Questions about the duties/role of CRNA's

CRNA role in the ICU: drop the patient off from surgery, give report to RN, go get coffee, start next case in OR. Anesthesiologists with fellowships in CCM at times get consulted for assistance in the ICU, CRNAs have nothing to do with this. Maybe there are some CRNAs with ACNP certification that would disagree, but I still feel my statement holds water.

CRNA role in ED: Go intubate the patient that the paramedic student, intern, resident and ER attending missed. Pray that the airway is not too bloodied to see anatomy and/or bubbles. Place snorkel, go get coffee, start next case in OR.

CRNA attendance at cardiac/respiratory arrests outside of the OR varies by institution. At the main hospital I work at, anesthesia gets called when previous intubation attempts have failed. Basically we go to the code, place the snorkel in the dead guy, make a short note in the chart, go get coffee, start next case in OR.

As a side note, not all CRNAs drink coffee, but I happen to think it is a great weight loss plan.

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Good luck

this is the case in many US hospitals with anesthesiologists as well. however, you asked about CRNAs, not anesthesiologists