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Exactly where was the info she regurgitated from the AANA? Can you disprove what she said or do we need to add reading to the list of deficiencies at Northside? The fact is she told the truth, medical experience is NOT required to enter AA school period. No matter how you spin it, critical care experience is required for CRNA school. As for clinical hours "ready4crna" is spot on with her account. Every school in my state mirrors her experience contrary to the "propoganda" being put out. N G is medical student who has taken it upon himself to fight a crusade, not only against CRNA's who are his Number 1 enemy but also APN's in general.

"Inhalational general anesthesia is not typically administered by a surgeon....usually in an office setting, this type of anesthetic involves a CRNA. Non-inhalational anesthetics usually do not trigger MH. If there was a CRNA, what steps were performed to reduce the damage once recognized ?" Once again that is your pertinent quote in it's entirety. You are the one who made the claim CRNA's are usually the only ones in an office therefore the burden of proof lies with you. Did you already forget about the recent NJ ruling regarding office base anesthesia? I have taught ACLS to several MDA's who practice in the office setting. Irregardless does it matter what percentage of CRNA vs MDA practices in the office setting? Even if there are only a few MDA's you could not safely ASSUME it was a CRNA and this was PROVEN by the fact your assumption turned out to be FALSE. "Accuracy in the ability to read is an important attribute of a CRNA." Telling the truth is even a more important attribute. Obviously you and your ASA brothers and sisters are more concerned with trying to protect your profession. Even if this means dishonesty or in your case specifically, a double standard. Once again where is your statement, "If there was a CRNA or an MDA, what steps were performed to reduce the damage once recognized?" We are patiently waiting.

"Inhalational general anesthesia is not typically administered by a surgeon....usually in an office setting, this type of anesthetic involves a CRNA. Non-inhalational anesthetics usually do not trigger MH. If there was a CRNA, what steps were performed to reduce the damage once recognized ? " As Stanman pointed out where did you mention "if there was an MDA what steps were performed to reduce the damage once recognized."? You, and the ASA have a very clear double standard. If an MD does something stupid it is OK because they were an MD and they get a slap on the wrist ex. Finklestein MD in New York or Tiwari MD in Indiana. Finklestein was "reeducated" for goodness sake. You mean to tell me after all his "superior" education he did not know any better? Fast forward to the also recent Las Vegas debacle the ASA comes out with a press release "stating American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) want to stress that contrary to many reports in the media, the "providers" administering the anesthesia with improper infection control techniques were NOT anesthesiologists (physicians with specialty training in the medical specialty of anesthesiology)." Even though this is a BLATENT LIE. To this date they still have NOT corrected the lie. There is NO EXCUSE for any of these practices whether an MDA or CRNA. Seems to me like there is plenty to clean up on your side of the house.

Yup, they both might be very similar 10 yrs down the road since most occupations do most of their learning on the job but this is precisely the difference between the professions. CRNA's are REQUIRED to have critical care experience before starting school and this is simply not the case for AA's. What is so hard to comprehend about that?

Interesting statement here. You imply that their is no statistical difference between AA's who have to be supervised by an MD and CRNA's who can and do practice independently. Sounds to me like you just admitted the ASA argument stating CRNA's should be supervised is totally invalid! Is this what you meant?

I took the test 5 years ago and used the AACN practice question CD as well as taking a review course. I had several CCRN books including PASS CCRN but found most of them to be too comprehensive. The review course was extremely helpful in that it narrowed down what you actually needed to know. The one I used was Med Ed. It was guarranteed you would pass or your money back or you could retake the course. Mike was right when he said practice the questions over and over again since this also helped alot. Good luck on your test it is well worth it. I learned a tremendous amount just by studying for it.