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  1. "Automated Anesthesia"?!? -- no need for Anesthesia staff in the room reported

    mammothsnw replied to ncemt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    n_g... I'll keep rationalizing why reality is the way it is and why patients and the healthcare system will never give a machine to the autonomy to take someone near death then bring them safely back....

  2. "Automated Anesthesia"?!? -- no need for Anesthesia staff in the room reported

    mammothsnw replied to ncemt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    OK n_g ...a couple beers down and I'm willing to play along....the spoke and hub design makes perfect sense...I'm sure that the financial incentive to incorporate McSleepy far outweighs the minor cost...

  3. "Automated Anesthesia"?!? -- no need for Anesthesia staff in the room reported

    mammothsnw replied to ncemt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    n_g...to answer your question...100% of the operation involves someone to be there during a MAC case...that's why it's called Monitored Anesthesia Care. So let's say YOU are given a spinal for a knee...

  4. I'm in!!!!!!

    mammothsnw replied to Putu2Sleep's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Congrats to you all...and good luck in your

  5. Difference between Nurse Anesthesia School and Nursing School???

    mammothsnw replied to prosperouschick's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Propofol has 1.1kcal/ml (1100 calories per ml) so 1mg has 110 calories. Now when you get asked this you can rattle it off and look really smart :) Good luck

  6. Difference between Nurse Anesthesia School and Nursing School???

    mammothsnw replied to prosperouschick's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The main difference is the VOLUME of info you have to digest in anesthesia school. You're learning detailed anatomy, phys, pathophys, pharm, etc..and if your program is integrated you're doing all...

  7. "Automated Anesthesia"?!? -- no need for Anesthesia staff in the room reported

    mammothsnw replied to ncemt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    When McSleepy can intubate, extubate, bag-mask, provide MAC, insert regionals, invasive lines, keep the surgeon from knocking out the ETT, and respond to codes you can start to worry. There's more to...

  8. CRNA that went NP first?

    mammothsnw replied to 81FSUseminole's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    A girl that went through my program a couple years ago was an ACNP. Ironically she came to anesthesia BECAUSE she was bored with sewing up sutures in th ER, performing physicals, and doing other...

  9. Los Angeles area CRNA's?

    mammothsnw replied to JonPM's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    There are about 70% of the nations MDA's located here in So Cal (San Diego) included so the area is defintiely MDA dominated at this time. However...there are plenty of CRNA jobs at the big teaching...

  10. Be honest...is the excitement over?

    mammothsnw replied to rn2bn07's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm in my first year of anesthesia school, nearing the end of semester one. I would have to say the excitement,stress,joy in mastering a concept, and at times sheer terror of making a mistake has not...

  11. I'M IN!!!! Now what?

    mammothsnw replied to joey442000's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    congrats on your acceptance....I would recommend reviewing the autonomic nervous system, pulmonary , and cardiac physiology. Good luck in

  12. Credentials

    mammothsnw replied to MichiganChris's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    don't let age stop you...even if you are 45 when you finish CRNA school ...assuming you stay healthy, you will have 20 years to work. And besides you are going to hit that 40 year mark either...

  13. Choosing a school

    mammothsnw replied to MichiganChris's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    CHris, every CRNA program weighs things differently. I would contact the programs you most likely apply to in the future and ask them if they would have a preference. From my experience in researching...

  14. Complete 1 yr ICU req. in the first year of CRNA Schoo?l

    mammothsnw replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Happy...well said...good luck with school and your

  15. Complete 1 yr ICU req. in the first year of CRNA Schoo?l

    mammothsnw replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Merrit...The eye was taken off the ball when Happy decided to derail the question with a "peeve of his". Myself and the other poster were only defending ourselves and the other "1 year ICU to CRNA...

  16. Seattle area Crna

    mammothsnw replied to sunshineonleith's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hello...I would try contacting Virginia Mason U of Wash Hospital. There is also a hospital in Renton that is staffed by Valley Anesthesia Assoc I believe and the director of that group is very...

  17. Complete 1 yr ICU req. in the first year of CRNA Schoo?l

    mammothsnw replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Happy Halothane....I see that your M.O. is to make broad generalizations, snide remarks, and provide the rest of us with an education regarding the necessity of being an 3rd degree blackbelt in the...

  18. Complete 1 yr ICU req. in the first year of CRNA Schoo?l

    mammothsnw replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Insomniac I totally agree....At this point in my anesthesia school education...I can say with confidence that the only instance where I could imagine that spending MORE than 1 year in the ICU would be...

  19. CRNA or ACNP for Extremely Driven

    mammothsnw replied to tinyironic's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    "acnp appeals to me because it is hardcore patho, pharm and systems knowledge" not being an acnp...i can't tell you what the schooling is like....but i can tell you that one of the 4 people who...

  20. Anyone ever have thoughts about going from pre-CRNA to medical anesthesiology?

    mammothsnw replied to SIGMACHIGUY's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Actually I was on the pre-med anesthesia path when I discovered nurse anesthesia. I don't regret making the change to CRNA one bit. I knew I wanted to do anesthesia so it didn't make sense to tack on...

  21. Which ICU is BEST for Nurse Anesthesia???

    mammothsnw replied to SIGMACHIGUY's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have a different perspective on this issue since starting anesthesia school. I worked in a large level 1 SICU (UCLA), several of my friends in my program worked in the CTICU at the same...

  22. Kaiser Permaente school of Anesthesia-Cali??

    mammothsnw replied to Natef26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I sent you a

  23. Kaiser Permaente school of Anesthesia-Cali??

    mammothsnw replied to Natef26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hey Nate I will be starting at Kaiser this Fall...The best way to have your questions answered is to call the school and set up a "counseling" session which you will have to do anyway prior to...

  24. University of Cincinnati

    mammothsnw replied to jdiekhof's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    hey JD, yeah I would keep the email that he sent you just in case something would happen when you go to actually transfer the credits. Hopefully everything will be fine. Beedog is right on the money...

  25. University of Cincinnati

    mammothsnw replied to jdiekhof's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm assuming the classes you are talking about are some of the "core" classes such as research, theory, etc..I would maybe email him (LC) your syllabus from IU and say that you are just verifying that...