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RedCell specializes in CRNA.


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  1. Ketamine during an emergent intubation

    Cuppla thoughts: 1) If anesthesia reported the patient was a difficult intubation it would have been optimal for anesthesia to have been there to reintubate the patient. Preggos are already documented as being a potential airway disaster and i...
  2. Max on Levophed?

    Low-Dose Dopamine in Patients with Renal Dysfunction: No Benefit http://www.turner-white.com/memberfile.php?PubCode=jcom_feb01_orrrenal.pdf "Renal Dose" Dopamine in Surgical Patients Dogma or Science? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P...
  3. Max on Levophed?

    Sounds like you are dealing with some variation of septic shock. This game is about MAP and preservation of end organ perfusion. There is no "Max" dose of norepinephrine. It is just a nursing myth similar to renal dose dopamine. Your doc was corr...
  4. Ketamine for adults while intubated?

    Ketamine is an excellent drug with outstanding analgesic, amnestic and sedative capabilities. The trick is to avoid the dissociative effects if benzodiazepines are not being administered. I use it quite frequently on my patients, especially the one...
  5. How do you pick your vein for an IV?

    I pick the one that is the best fit for my 3/4" 14 gauge. Typically that will be either the cephalic vein or somewhere in the dorsal venous network.
  6. Anti-CRNA website= such B.S.!!!!

    There are hate groups, anti-this or anti-that fan clubs for just about anything and everyone. What are you going to do. Look at the stinky hippies on wallstreet....they hate capitalism and free enterprise. Everyone needs their moment to shine. I pers...
  7. Does it bother CRNA's that MDA's get so much more...?

    Carol, when a poster comes into a CRNA forum and chooses to inaccurately describe our profession, education, licensing and even our title....they are going to get called out on it. The original question was answered. I think the "tangent" was the mos...
  8. Does it bother CRNA's that MDA's get so much more...?

    A fairly large part of nurse anesthetist education focuses on the history of anesthesia and that of nurse anesthetists. CRNAs have NEVER been called assistant anesthesia RNs. Aside from anesthesiologists and CRNAS, the only other provider in the Unit...
  9. Does it bother CRNA's that MDA's get so much more...?

    the level of ignorance regarding the nurse anesthetist profession on this website is absolutely astounding. that is why you do not find too many crnas posting. crnas have actually been around for more than 100 years and "otjt" ended in sister mary be...
  10. Lactated Ringers vs .9NS

    Sorry, but many of these statements regurgitate perpetual nursing dogmas that once investigated are easily proven wrong. The crystalloid with the most physiological resemblance to plasma is plasmalyte not ringer's lactate. Ringer's Lactate is actuall...
  11. What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    Women
  12. If there is a communication between the left and right heart and right sided pressures exceed left, air can get into the aorta where it enters the arterial circulation. This is bad. Actually, air in the heart can do some interesting things when there...
  13. Look up right to left shunts and this will give you a good idea of the people at risk. The majority of the time a small amount of air in the venous system goes to the right side of the heart, into the pulmonary artery and gets blown out in the lungs....
  14. That is not exactly the best way to answer that question. Mreicher pretty much was correct in regards to blood loss. Think of a bag of packed red cells. The hematocrit averages 70%. Pour out half of the blood and while the volume has decreased the re...
  15. Can I be a CRNA with Malignant Hyperthermia?

    I find this statement quite amusing. What do you think YOUR healthcare provider (FP or even internist) knows about MH? I guarantee you it is less than that of a first year SRNA or AA student. Based on a recent event I was involved with regarding MH, ...