jmillions

Perhaps anesthesiologists and med students should stop belittling nurses, CRNA's, NP's, etc... unless you are one, you have NO idea what it means to be one... ... all i see on this board is "CRNAs can do all that an MD can do. MD's are useless in anesthesia....

if you read my post.. i said RARELY, never ever did i say never...

Anesthesiology is so competitive that you would not find a foreign medical graduate matriculating into any program in the US... it was the most competitive residency last year... a caRIBBean graduate would most likely find themselves a spot in family or internal med (comprised of 40% FMG's) Stop belittling those that have gone to medical school, you should not open your mouth about it unless you have been through it, you have NO idea...

optometrist is one who goes to optometry school not medical school, therefore not an MD...

RN29306 or whatever the numbers are.... Milo.. I think that you are getting some very sound advice here with tips and tricks to intubate a floor patient. Also, thanks to shari for the STOP!.. I just wanted to say that rarely should you ever need to use a paralytic on a floor/emergency intubation.. RARELY. Also, if you are insisting on using propofol then you better do the dip and dope combo when you get to the unit. Technically,you just need some midazolam and etomidate if anything at all. As for bumping the resident out of the way, make sure they aren't an anesthesiology resident... they definitely wouldn't appreciate it, since they run all the codes and intubate endlessly the intern year.. also if you are a crna most likely you wont want to give them a bad impression of you since you will be working under an MD in the future, ... because people like RN29'er seem to be the ones that are giving you guys a bad name..