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1. an interesting and somewhat ignorant article title

   sc17 replied to zrmorgan's topic in CRNA

   You think you know how to bag-mask ventilate, but you don't. Proper mask ventilation can be quite difficult. Most RNs and RTs I see are TERRIBLE at it in the ICU or anywhere. Anesthesia providers are the only people I know who can do this well.

2. Not trying to stir up bad ideas, but......

   sc17 replied to Brian_SRNA's topic in CRNA

   an-es-the-si-ol-o-gy (ns-thz-l-j) n. The medical specialty concerned with the pharmacological, physiological, and clinical basis of anesthesia, including resuscitation, intensive respiratory care, and pain management. MEDICAL specialty -- not nursing...

3. Not trying to stir up bad ideas, but......

   sc17 replied to Brian_SRNA's topic in CRNA

   ANESTHESIOLOGY is the practice of medicine. The term "nurse anesthesiology" is incorrect. You are not a physician and you do not practice anesthesiology. Nurse anesthesia is a more accurate term.

4. Surgery death blamed on jealous former classmate

   sc17 replied to canoehead's topic in CRNA

   The only reason the surgeon was sued is $$$$$. Regardless of who is really responsible (or supervising) the scumbag lawyers will name anyone involved in the case with deep pockets. If an anesthesiologist had been involved the surgeon still probably...

5. MAC explanation

   sc17 replied to badgernurse's topic in CRNA

   mac is all of these things above, but the simplest way of thinking about it is as a standardized measurement of anesthetic gas level, whether you are using sevo, des, iso, etc, or n2o (these agents all have differnet conc at 1 mac) you can express yo...

6. MDA residency

   sc17 replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in CRNA

   At my hospital residents finish an internship (could be internal medicine, surgery, or combination of the two and others) then 3 years of anesthesia. Last month of internship is anesthesia paired up with senior resident to learn the ropes. Then res...

7. New Pro MDA resident training bill

   sc17 replied to MmacFN's topic in CRNA

   This attitude is exactly why there are conflicts between anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents, and CRNA/SRNA. Why are crnas against a bill that would help anesthesiology training programs? The competitive nature of the aana is not beneficial...

8. Questions about Ketamine & Propofol Case

   sc17 replied to MmacFN's topic in CRNA

   It is obvious from the questions asked that you don't really understand what you are talking about. "There is a higher risk of aspiration with propofol than with a paralytic (from my perspective) when your not an experienced intubator." This is crazy...

9. Common practice in the USA

   sc17 replied to dzenkipenki's topic in CRNA

10. Common practice in the USA

    sc17 replied to dzenkipenki's topic in CRNA

    The most common practice of anesthesia in this country is the anesthesia care team where a CRNA and an anesthesiologist work together to provide an anesthetic. In this model the CRNA has variable responsibility, in some places the MD may not be arou...

11. Md's Against Crna's?

    sc17 replied to LLL123's topic in CRNA

    This is a very arrogant and uncalled for statement. You may very well be more intelligent than many physicans, but to belittle their education and years of hardwork by crediting it to their parents/upbringing is ridiculous. Most MD's graduate medic...

12. When would you use a longer IV cath?

    sc17 replied to amberrn's topic in CRNA

    for one thing longer caths are easier for ej's and other veins which tend to roll around under the skin. You may have to travel farther under the skin before you actually enter the vein, thus a longer catheter helps you out.

13. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    sc17 replied to Athlein1's topic in CRNA

    As one of the above posters stated this may have been initial management of a recognized difficult airway. One management strategy is "awake" blind nasal intubation where the patient is kept breathing spontaneously and sedated with versed/fentanyl o...