charles-thor

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1. Induced hypotension in surgeries.

   charles-thor replied to GmanRN's topic in CRNA

   did anyone read the reports of brain death during the beach chair position in the apsa newsletter? one lady was in her mid 40's and healthy. controlled hypotenion (sbp also, vision loss should be a concern in long prone cases. johns hopkins loo...

2. Why would a CRNA not be allowed to do hearts,OB, Cardio?

   charles-thor replied to Alpha13's topic in CRNA

   One should raise the obvious question of whether or not the hospital houses a large anesthesiology residency program. I suspect that any institution that runs 2:1 is, in fact, an academic and not private practice, otherwise this is a really poor mod...

3. Anxiously waiting...

   charles-thor replied to charles-thor's topic in CRNA

   I passed too! I found out this afternoon. I had heard rumors that the envelope comes addressed as "your name" CRNA, however when I didn't see those 4 very important letters after my name on the envelope, I was a bit worried. I just held it in my h...

4. Anxiously waiting...

   charles-thor posted a topic in CRNA

   I took the big quiz on Jan. 28, but still have not heard anything yet. A friend in my program took it on Jan. 12'ish, and found out in 20 days. Sprout - any word???

5. GRNA with time running out

   charles-thor replied to TravisMcgee's topic in CRNA

   i'm taking it too at 8am. wish me luck.

6. ET pilot balloon & Diprivan

   charles-thor replied to Toby's mum's topic in MICU

   Most ett cuffs utilized today employ low pressure and high volume balloons. The appropriate question should have been, "what is the maximum PRESSURE that is acceptable in an ett balloon - as pressure will change according to both the volume of the ...

7. OR patients bypass PACU for ICU

   charles-thor replied to fedupnurse's topic in PACU

   How to give anestheisa. You ready??? Induction - Give a syring of anestheisa. Give just enough, but certainly not too much! Maintance - Cuddle up to a good book, and try to stay warm. Emergence - Turn anestheisa off. PACU - Pretend to finish your c...

8. Boards

   charles-thor posted a topic in CRNA

   hi all. with a week until ANESTHEISA boards, i was wondering what everyone's suggestions are with respect to getting the most out of the next several days of studying. thanks in advance. sorry - i edited the heading to avoid confusion.

9. Clinical Question

   charles-thor replied to bwt02's topic in CRNA

   sounds like a lot of vec after a sux induction for a hip debriedment??? there are, however, many ways to skin the commonly quoted cat...

10. Beta Blockade during C-section

    charles-thor replied to Brenna's Dad's topic in CRNA

    Spinal for C-section means you’ve got at least a T4 level. It’s probably fairly safe to assume that some, if not all, of her cardiac accelerators are blocked, thus beta blockade wouldn’t be my first choice. Sounds like she might be experiencing som...

11. Question about MAC and the Meyer Overton Rule

    charles-thor replied to MollyS's topic in CRNA

    Not to confuse things further, but a relationship does exist between MAC and potency, in that the two are inversely related. MAC is how we compare potency amongst the inhalation agents. Agents in order from least to most potent and respective MAC va...

12. Sympathectomies and atropine

    charles-thor replied to versatile_kat's topic in CRNA

    This is such a great topic, but I’m probably bias as this was the focus of my research requirement for school. Bradycardia leading to cardiac arrest with spinal anesthesia is probably a more common problem than many people believe with an estimated ...

13. A New Agent to Reverse Rocuronium?

    charles-thor replied to charles-thor's topic in CRNA

    I'd imagine that this stuff is going to be quite expensive, so I wouldn't count on sux going anywhere anytime soon.

14. Hgb vs Hct

    charles-thor replied to amberrn's topic in CRNA

    Hemodilution affects both hgb and hct. Imagine a set volume (the patient's blood volume) in which hgb is in solution - say a blood volume of 50 dl and a hgb concentration of 14 g/dl. If you add volume to the solution (giving crystalloid), but the a...

15. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    charles-thor replied to Athlein1's topic in CRNA

    the prospect of the unantisipated difficult airway, albeit a pretty rare event, is something the anesthesia provider must have tucked away in the back of his/her mind in order to best prevent a bad outcome