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  1. Question on Lidocaine Toxicity via Local

    yoga crna replied to Joshua21's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You leave out a lot of information. Is the lidocaine with or without epinephrine? Does the patient have hepatic disease? The maximum doses are higher if it is with epi (slower absorption). I find...

  2. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Mike, CRNAs are very much involved with chronic pain. Visit this website http://napeseminars.com/. This is from a group of very respected CRNAs and, while I have never attended one of their...

  3. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    One of the issues related to competition is the "level playing field". That is where there are problems. Is it real competition when there are different education/licensure requirements in the two...

  4. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Mike, It is not anti-trust, it is competition, which in encouraged in our capitalistic system. There have been several major anti-trust lawsuits won by CRNAs, but the facts were consistent with...

  5. Venting session / Jackass surgeon

    yoga crna replied to London88's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I really, really hate to do this, but...get used to jackass surgeons. No amount of discussion or education is going to make a difference. it comes with the territory when you are a nurse...

  6. Post op patients who take narcs at home

    yoga crna replied to sharann's topic in Pain Management

    I do a lot of anesthesia for patients who are taking various analgesics at home for various conditions. They are fairly easy to manage during the anesthetic, because of the nature of the anesthesia...

  7. CRNA Doctorate??

    yoga crna replied to Brenna's Dad's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I agree with turtle. First of all, there are more legal and ethical situations than you can imagine in the nurse anesthetist profession. The astute practitioner needs to know how to practice within...

  8. DOCTORATE for CRNA's?

    yoga crna replied to VickyRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Whoa guys, how about a little perspective here. I don't have a strong opinion about whether or not CRNAs should be prepared at the doctoral level. What is important to know is, the nurse anesthetist...

  9. Methohexital; Histamine Release

    yoga crna replied to SigmaSRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Some personal thoughts. i have used thiopental and methohexital (Brevital) in thousands of cases. If either of them have a histamine response, it is minimal. I have used it on many, many asthmatics...

  10. Miller vs Mac Contraversey!

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Gas, I learned to intubate with the Miller 4 and agree that it is great. Through the years, I have downsized to the Miller 2 or 3, for large men. I still use the #4 for certain cases and am glad I...

  11. Miller vs Mac Contraversey!

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Miller 2 blade, MAC computer.

  12. What are your percieved obstacles in the CRNA Profession?

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Healthcare economics is going to change the way medicine is practiced today. Making sure we are part of the change is the biggest challenge of our profession. Get involved!! Great question, by the...

  13. The differences in RSI vs Gas

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Mike, The fentanyl issue is one of the big differences in what you do and what I do as a CRNA. I honestly can not tell you the last time I reversed a narcotic (maybe 20 years ago). When you are...

  14. The differences in RSI vs Gas

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Don't forget that fentanyl can cause a rigid chest, While it happens infrequently, it can get your attention. It happened last Friday to a patient who I was anesthetizing for a facelift. Oxygen sat...

  15. Recent bad experience with a program director.

    yoga crna replied to MmacFN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Mike, I am reluctant to offer my thoughts on this topic, because I am an "old" CRNA who did not have to have any experience, just an RN to get in anesthesia school. But, I would like to offer a little...

  16. CRNA Jobs for Adrenaline Junkies

    yoga crna replied to ezra19742002's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks for the accolades. It has always been my goal to encourage students and younger CRNAs and not to eat our young, as is all too common in nursing. Getting back to the question. I posed it...

  17. CRNA Jobs for Adrenaline Junkies

    yoga crna replied to ezra19742002's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sorry, but anesthesia may not be the best field for you. It can be very boring when things are going well and you always want them to go well. There is very little room in the operating room for...

  18. Holy...

    yoga crna replied to HeadRx's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    My malpractice premiums for 2006 are over $12000 per year. This is for the second year of a claims made policy through AANA Insurance, Inc. In the claims made policies, the rates go up every year...

  19. hot topics in anesthesia

    yoga crna replied to changed1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The reality is, the most of the public only cares about whether they will feel or remember anything during the surgery, if they will have post-operative pain or nausea. Otherwise, they do not think...

  20. getting sued?

    yoga crna replied to wallyballie_golf's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This is a statute of limitations issue and your instructor is not accurate. In some jurisdictions (changes from state to state), the Statue of Limitations starts when a person reaches 18. So they...

  21. Politics, our business, and this year's speaker

    yoga crna replied to macanes's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It is absolutely amazing to me how quickly some of my colleagues revert back to powerlessnes and backbiting by failing to look at the larger picture. Personally, I think it is great that President...

  22. First Job as a CRNA...

    yoga crna replied to TheLemur's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Get as much experience as you can in a variety of cases. All of my years in OB, hearts, neuro, trauma and pediatrics paid off when I went out on my own. It has been a long time since I have done any...

  23. MAC vs PC for SRNA

    yoga crna replied to HWAVE's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have been a MAC user for years and have never had a complaint, except with a stupid networking issue that was easily resolved. I have a MAC on my anesthesia machine, which comes in handy for quick...

  24. CRNA being black-balled by former employer

    yoga crna replied to crnadg's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Who was your actual employer? Was it a hospital, an anesthesiology group or an individual anesthesiologist? Even if your employer was an anesthesiology group or anesthesiologist, the hospital had to...

  25. Aesthetics Clinic opened by RN's

    yoga crna replied to Foxfour's topic in Aesthetics

    I MUST TAKE GREAT EXCEPTION TO THE PREVIOUS POST THAT YOU DON'T NEED MALPRACTICE INSURANCE FOR AN AESTHETIC CLINIC (emphais intended). I have personal knowledge of four cases of patients who sued a...