Little Fish

Yes in the past hypotension was utilized but much less these days. It was called permissive hypotension or induced hypotension and was usually used in spine cases. It is mostly a thing of the past now. I can't think of any vascular cases that require hypotension routinely.

You mean "here" and not "hear". And yes I am a CRNA. I have been doing this gig for a long time now. It is possible however, that I am not altogether happy with the current direction and beliefs of our society and the newly graduated CRNA's.

Of course. I'm just giving some pet peeves of mine. They may be mine only but they are mine. I usually see the OR staff cover up with the gowns that are the same color as the scrubs.

Deepz, I for one do need more proof than your word. If PSA did edit, its still AZ's words, right? I'm not saying that the PSA didn't make the video more favorable for them but AZ did give them the ammo. I'm just hear to see that you don't go spouting off your opinions as fact. Who's fooled?

Well if you remember, you said that the crna's all left UNM after they hired aa's. You also said that the quality of care went down. Specifics: http://hsc.unm.edu/anesthesiology/crnas.shtml You will see that there are plenty of crna's on staff at UNM. About the quality of care I don't know b/c I am not there but do you really know that it went down or are you speculating? So I'm not throwing dirt. I am however, correcting inaccuracies.

I will add that nurses wearing white lab coats is also misrepresnting.

Push propofol so doctors can do the procedures.

No! Its stupid. And any nurse that would pass themselves off as doctor is a fraud. We can receive our doctorates but that is reserved for the academic setting. Not the clinical setting. It would be misrepresenting yourself.

So the next logical question in my mind is, if any of you get your DNP will you call yourself doctor in the clinical setting?

I thought they were behind this all the time. Do they support DNP at all? i'm sure they endorse it, right?

Still, can you show me what was edited?:trout:(I always wanted to use this symbol)

This thread is hilarious. Anesthesiologist want to limit crna's. CRNA's want to claim equivalence to anesthesiologists and practice solo because there is a shortage of providers and the rural areas are left out if supervision is mandatory. Now there is another provider to help make up the numbers and CRNA's quit their jobs (UNM) because they hired more providers. Does any of this make sense to any of you. There are plenty of cases for everyone. Don't be so two-faced. And deepz, you really need to get your facts straight.

And wait til do your first sevo mask induction.

The ASA edited the video? Really? You have the proof, of course? Come on, how many of you think we don't ever need an anesthesiologist around? Sure 90% of the time this is the case but to claim equivalence is pushing it. He calls himself a Dr. but where did he get his degree? Was it online like many DNP degrees? I think he looks like a fool making these staements and mostly calling himself, Dr. Do you really think the public is going to embrace this?

My advice is, if you want to be a doctor , go to medical school. If you want to do anesthesia go to crna school. By the time you go to med sch and then residency you are no less than 8 years out. If you know you want to do anesthesia then go the crna route, thats only 2 years. Now you have 6 years of good income to invest wisely and you would be so much farther ahead financially that it would take a minimum of 10 years post residency to just to catch up as a anesthesiologist. If it is knowledge that you are looking for, then its medical school. But once in medical school you have so many choices as to career paths that there is no guarantees you will choose anesthesia. And anesthesia is one of the more competetive fields currently, so there is another twist to the game. And then once you are done with anesthesia residency you have more choices to make. Pain management, critical care, private practice, academics, etc. I sort of long winded with this but you get the picture, I'm sure. There are no dead ends once you have an education.