Brenna's Dad

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  1. I think you meant to say AANA. And yes, they do offer their own liability insurance through a provider. $87000 for an MDA seems impressive. I imagine your group pays that insurance as an operating...
  2. Thanks for all your responses so far. And, thanks for the link Donna. I'm trying to be lazy and ask the students what their tuition costs are. But... if this doesn't work, that'll be great. If program...
  3. Loans & BAD credit

    Trully no offense Roland, but that is one wacky scheme. Perhaps doable if no other options existed, but I can only imagine how many years it would take to regain your credit rating after finishing...
  4. Heliox being less dense and therefore creating less resistance to
  5. Must have been tired... what i meant to say was
  6. Isoproterenol, the quarternary
  7. MDA residency is 4 years + fellowship =
  8. Terbutaline is an IV B2 agonist, is it not? Seems it's main use is keeping the bun in the oven
  9. Mtsu

    Middle Tennessee is a great school. Their graduates are highly capable. One of the CRNAs I work with graduate a couple eyars ago and had over 350 Peds cases alone. Excellent trauma rotation as
  10. I do think we get enough central line experience. Perhaps not as much as some other programs, perhaps more than others. I don't personally think Swan's are that big a deal. The truth is (and perhaps...
  11. It's interesting to hear your perspective. I had the same questions posed to me two years ago. I like your answers. Best of luck to you. P.S. The docs really aren't that
  12. That doesn't make too much sense from a pharmacological perspective, since it is my understanding that fenaldopam is a pure D1 agonist. Although D1 receptors are found in the renal, splanic, and...
  13. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    duh... I just had an Eureka moment. Of course NO only causes vasodilation in the ventialted lung. NO is delivered via gas
  14. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    Phospodiesterase inhibitors... the wave of the future. I guess we can assume that the phospodiesterase responsible for metabolism of cAMP in genital vasular smooth muscle is the same that in the...
  15. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    Interesting stuff. How much systemic effect do you get from your
  16. Train of Four

    Theoretically, Neostigmine can cause muscle relaxation at a high enough doses. This is a great clinical question. "If you anesthesia tray is completely devoid of muscle relaxants, which drug in your...
  17. So the dose you are using then is really 1/100 of a cardiac arrest dose? 1-2 mcg, not 1-2
  18. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    So am I right in interpreting your response to mean that NO only causes vasodilation in the ventilated parts of the lung? Otherwise, I would be concerned in increasing blood flow to the deflated lung...
  19. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    Exactly gaspasser. If it aint broke, dont fix
  20. I agree Oldsalt. This education must take place in your graduate education. It is my understanding that it is with this in mind (and the ASA difficult airway algorithm) that the AANA is mandating...
  21. do you fight a V/Q mismatch

    Anemia, significant blood loss, or decreased CO would be the other areas where 70-80 Sats would not be tolerable of course. In my vast thoracic experience (hehe) I consider four things: 1. Maintain...
  22. That's exactly what happens Roland. However, i'm a wee bit concerned that the physicians who are controlling most team anesthesia practices are limiting the practice of CRNAs in an effort to provide...
  23. Interesting stuff Old Salt. I'm wondering where you did your CRNA education. Unfortunately, it appears that many current programs are being limited in regards to their scope of practice. Some...
  24. laryngospasm

    The Racemic form is really cheaper?? How expensive can regular Epi really
  25. laryngospasm

    Speaking of Racemic epi, can anyone explain why the racemic form is used?? Apparently, the S-isomer has little to none pharmacological action. One article I read stated that regular Epi at half the...