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1. Boards

   sproutsfriend replied to charles-thor's topic in CRNA

   Agree completely, I loaded up my brain with so much info that it was clogged up and I had tremendous trouble critically thinking and that made it tough. The verdict is still out on my exam result.

2. Valley Anesthesia review

   sproutsfriend replied to bwt02's topic in CRNA

   Valley is INVALUABLE. I took the exam last week. Studying Valley for the past 3 months has made me much more knowledgeable about every aspect of physiology as well as anesthesia. Memory Master and Sweat book are excellent. However, now that I've t...

3. Md's Against Crna's?

   sproutsfriend replied to LLL123's topic in CRNA

   Most do even if you don't witness it in public.

4. Hgb vs Hct

   sproutsfriend replied to amberrn's topic in CRNA

   I agree, its the oxygen carrying capacity of the intravascular volume that we need to worry about. If we dilute the grams of hgb per deciliter down too much with excessive fluid administration our oxygen delivery will be insufficient to meet oxygen ...

5. RRNA or SRNA for title, What is your opinion?

   sproutsfriend replied to TexasCCRN's topic in SRNA

   The term resident was started back when young M.D.s actually lived in the hospitals (their residence) during their internships.

6. opinions

   sproutsfriend replied to confusionabounds's topic in CRNA

   Neo could be a good choice but also look at the diastolic BP before giving an alpha 1 agonists such as neo because a beta blocked heart can go into failure if the SVR gets too high.

7. Stupid question

   sproutsfriend replied to confusionabounds's topic in CRNA

   The vent delivers positive pressure ventilation so the negative pressure you describe would not be present. I'd let the CO2 creep up to stimulate catecholamine release which should raise HR and increase SVR.

8. Unprofessional & Jealous!!!

   sproutsfriend replied to CRNANUPE_2B's topic in CRNA

   Die thread die

9. Using phenylephrine in spinals

   sproutsfriend replied to heartICU's topic in CRNA

   Look in the Mass General book and it will confirm that 5 mg of phenylephrine is utilized. I've used it a number of times and it works very well.

10. da Vinci Prostatectomy

    sproutsfriend replied to versatile_kat's topic in CRNA

    I may be missing something here but the robotic prostatectomies I've done (as stated in an earlier reply) took only 2 hours and 15 minutes not 8 hours. 2:15 is shorter than 3-4 hours. Also, I'm not sure what if any advantages the robot has over the c...

11. da Vinci Prostatectomy

    sproutsfriend replied to versatile_kat's topic in CRNA

    It is well worth it. I was at an institution in Bham Al. which was one of the first doing the davinci robotic procedure. They've now done over 500 cases. The patient has less pain, the average blood loss is 50 cc's compared to 2500 cc's and the pro...

12. "CRNA being told they are "just a nurse"

    sproutsfriend replied to forane2001's topic in CRNA

    Unfortunately, it appears we'll need more than a few truthful threads to deflate his head. The greatest most respected leaders of all time lead by demonstrating servant leadership and respect for all those around them. The fact that the OR nurses ex...

13. CRNAs in Florida to require anesthesiologist supervision

    sproutsfriend replied to Tony35NYC's topic in CRNA

    I can't help myself, I'm a chronic name caller. Just ask the moderators of this forum who have censored me repeatedly.

14. CRNAs in Florida to require anesthesiologist supervision

    sproutsfriend replied to Tony35NYC's topic in CRNA

    The MDAs on the Student Doctor Net are providing the e-mail addresses of the Florida legislators hoping that their faithful will pressure them into passing the bill. Those idiots don't realize that many of us monitor their threads and will use the e...

15. CRNA career cons

    sproutsfriend replied to fl1picc's topic in CRNA

    I completely agree.