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  1. Side Effects of Anesthesia Medications

    gaspassah replied to Renee' Y-Y's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    for patients who were administered long acting muscle relaxants. pipercuronium pancuronium doxacuronium any renal dysfunction will prolong effect > 80% renal metabolism/ 20% liver. pancuronium has...

  2. Embarrassing anesthesia question that I really should know

    gaspassah replied to stevierae's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    it's actually the onset of succs. fasciculations are the depolarizing of muscle fibers after administration of succs. when the fasciculations are complete the patient has maximal dose dependant...

  3. Finals!

    gaspassah replied to duckboy20's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    pharm is done...now oral boards with the faculty. i wish they would call it something other than oral.

  4. anesthetist vs anesthesiologist

    gaspassah replied to caffine's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This is where i think the problem with the aana and asa initiates. why cant there be a level headed discussion between professionals. yes i agree that we disagree on many issues. taking all manner of...

  5. anesthetist vs anesthesiologist

    gaspassah replied to caffine's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Tenesma, thanks for your reply. i appreciate your honesty and professionalism. i realize that this is a "heated" topic for all people in anesthesia and i appreciate the candor.

  6. anesthetist vs anesthesiologist

    gaspassah replied to caffine's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    hmmm... first time i ever saw tenesma go off. if i may ask a few questions out of curiosity.. tenesma would you say that your training was standard or above average compared to other mda's? what...

  7. Why the high pay in Texas?

    gaspassah replied to Salus's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i can attest to that zenman. born and raised mississippi, lived the last 12 years in

  8. essay

    gaspassah replied to apontius's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    apontius, at the risk of sounding demeaning, why do YOU want to go to school, what are YOUR long term goals and why do YOU want to be a CRNA. the essay should be the easiest part. be honest, tell the...

  9. Were you turned down?

    gaspassah replied to OrigamiAirplane's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    5 years icu, one application one school. second semester crna

  10. Were you turned down?

    gaspassah replied to OrigamiAirplane's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    5 years icu, one application one school. second semester crna

  11. dexmetatomadine

    gaspassah replied to jbro's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    when i was working in the icu the rep came to show us the drug. most ppl say that while your using it for sedation, the patient will sleep, they can be aroused for assessment, then when not stimulated...

  12. dexmetatomadine

    gaspassah replied to jbro's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    when i was working in the icu the rep came to show us the drug. most ppl say that while your using it for sedation, the patient will sleep, they can be aroused for assessment, then when not stimulated...

  13. from the asa website

    gaspassah posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i found this just poking my head around. thought some of this was interesting. April 2004 Volume 68 Number 4 Is Anesthesia Presence Required During Cardiopulmonary Bypass? Glenn P. Gravlee, M.D.,...

  14. Kaiser Students

    gaspassah replied to maturner's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    we got a month for xmas after semester one. we get a week between spring and summer, week of memorial day not sure of the rest.

  15. Any technique tips for Miller Blade?

    gaspassah replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i was instructed that you have to sort of "fish" the tip of the miller once you get the epiglottis up, sorta work it around a little, also it helps alot more if you use the right hand to manipulate...

  16. Awareness during surgery and BIS monitors

    gaspassah replied to Gldngrl's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    this is for practicing crna's mda' or srna's out there. in my limited experience i noticed that md's tend to treat elevated bp and hr with beta blockers and are less free with the narcs. crna's tend...

  17. Debt Load after CRNA School

    gaspassah replied to msummar_smc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    bout 70,000 here also. schools cheap, living in L.A. is

  18. SRNA Senior Project Ideas

    gaspassah replied to SproutRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i'm doing mine on hypnosis and its effects on ponv. not really what your focus is...unless pretest postest on

  19. CRNA's in the future...

    gaspassah replied to Skrawberri's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i would like to say that i for one think money is a motivating factor. ONE motivating factor. the autonomy of anesthesia compared to bedside nursing is one also. as posted by others earlier, respect...

  20. pharm/physiology question

    gaspassah replied to jbro's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    as posted on another thread by passin gas. Stage three anesthesia: Split into four planes-- Plane 1--regular breathing, active ocular muscles Plane 2--eyes immobile, respiratory patterns change to...

  21. Just "knocking people out"?

    gaspassah replied to Salus's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i have also heard it explained as "it's not always what you do, it's what you know." or "you dont really get paid so much for what you do, but what you know" just .02

  22. charting...dialed in or end tidal?

    gaspassah replied to mbrian46's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    endtidal. it just makes more sense to me, like wntrmute says, it's what i look at to gauge how much gas is still on

  23. Another intubation question

    gaspassah replied to Palpitations's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    not real sure if anyone listened to bilateral breath sounds, was an xray done immediately after intubation, how long till you desaturated, where were you intubated, Tension pneumo? may have been the...

  24. Getting started early..

    gaspassah replied to tcrn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i'll add a few more hydralazine aminophylline metoprolol ca chloride ca gluconate pitocin digoxin nitroglycerine nitroprusside

  25. Getting started early..

    gaspassah replied to tcrn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i would suggest that if you were going to do anything early, study top shelf druges. ie drugs found on the anesthesia cart. mech of action, dose, class, receptor sites and how they affect the ANS. it...