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About versatile_kat

Married, no kids (unless you count my dog and cat)

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  1. Turnover Madness and Patient Safety!!!!!

    I work in a private practice hospital and have really gotten adept at extubation with the dressing being put on. Once the stitches start going in, I reverse them (if needed), get them back breathing, titrate in any additional narcotics and get all m...
  2. Intubation Difficulties

    Wes - here's a cut and paste from one of my previous posts (July 2005) about missing an intubation ... "Most students feel like the intubation "makes" the rest of the case. If you get it in the first time, you function with a sense of success and th...
  3. Anesthesia Careplans

    There is also a great PDA program available from Skyscape called "The Manual of Anesthesia Practice". I would refer to it one the nights I was on call. It's a great reference, with tips that aren't in Jaffee.
  4. epidura tips and tricks

    I've always found that in my fluffier patients, if I go about 5 inches straight up from the crack, eureka! - you should take a step back and double check the desired insertion area before numbing them up and going in with the epidural needle. It also...
  5. Just wondering........

    I don't detect any sarcasm in either response to your original question - what both of them said is right on. Relax.
  6. only top 4 percent?

    She means for acceptance into a program ... not the minimum you get when you fill your name in correctly.
  7. First Job as CRNA

    Well - the main difference is your benefit package - it mirrors the anesthesiologists ... same leave, same 401K %, obviously not the same pay . But I'd have to say the reason I'm so happy at this hospital is because of the people. Everyone is part ...
  8. First Job as CRNA

    Well - since I just started my first job this past Jan, I can definitely say it is all I thought it would be. Excellent coworkers (both CRNA and MD), great OR staff, nice mix of ASA 1-4 cases. And the bonus - I work for the anesthesiology group and n...
  9. Not trying to stir up bad ideas, but......

    Come on people - lighten up! Paindoc appears to have a lot to offer when it comes to anesthesia ... we could use some more professionals on this board with quality experience to add to the clinical discussions. Give the woman/man a break!
  10. Not trying to stir up bad ideas, but......

    :rotfl: That's pretty funny ...
  11. What is important to you re: the circulator in the room???

    Good point. I agree re: your routine and assitance being more of a hindrance than a benefit. In most of my clinical experiences, however, all I need to do is (while still visualizing the cords) hold out my right hand and the ETT is placed in it.
  12. What is important to you re: the circulator in the room???

    Well - this is refreshing. In my opinion - the time during the case in which the circulator is a great asset is during set-up and induction. From assisting with getting the patient onto the OR table, putting monitors on and helping keep the mask on ...
  13. Potential Space and Epidurals

    The subdural space is known as a potential space that lies between the dura and the arachnoid membranes. It's called a "potential" space because it normally does not exist. Here is a quick link http://www.burtonreport.com/infspine/EpiduralSteroidAnat...
  14. What is physics, chemistry and biochemistry for CRNA's like?

    MM - I notice you are in home health ... you may want to get into an ICU before you start worrying about graduate level classes. That may give you more confidence when it comes to physics and chemistry, since you'll be working with patient's on venti...
  15. prescriptive authority

    http://www.aana.com/becomingcrna.aspx?ucNavMenu_TSMenuTargetID=101&ucNavMenu_TSMenuTargetType=4&ucNavMenu_TSMenuID=6&id=1018 At your leisure ... http://www.kishhospital.org/health_services/pain_management.html An instance where a CRNA ut...