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  1. Is it possible to titrate paralytics?

    gaspassah replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i can appreciate the lma as an alternative airway, hoever could you clarify something for me gotosleepy.... if you had 2 silent aspirations in no risk patients *that you know of* why would you use...

  2. Is it possible to titrate paralytics?

    gaspassah replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    london, i agree, it was just the only case i could think of to use a paralytic on someone you werent planning to intubate. i agree here also, my statement as i'm sure you were aware was for the...

  3. Is it possible to titrate paralytics?

    gaspassah replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i thought about avoiding this thread as most everything seemed to be covered. however to specifically reply to london, one treatment option for laryngospasm is to give a dose of succs that is 1/4 the...

  4. Pregnant

    gaspassah replied to Heather R.N.'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    first congratulations on both school and family. however i dont want to be the bearer of bad news but, some anesthetic gasses are known to be teratogenic especially in the first trimester. i'm am not...

  5. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

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

    please i beg of you, let this thread die, someone call the dr kevorkian of threads please.

  6. Another CRNA media issue

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

    you know that the md's are going off on how unsafe crna's are etc. but have you noticed how they tenatiously fight patient right to know lists. ie those lists that detail what docs have been sued for...

  7. What to do...

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

    well i guess my reply would be that all the drugs we use affect one or the other system. so to know the systems make knowing the drugs better. makes you a better provider. makes you more aware of how...

  8. What to do...

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

    sympathetic and parasympathetic systems inside and out. major drugs used in anesthesia with dose and receptor sites.

  9. MD referring to CRNA as 'support staff'

    gaspassah replied to kestrel1121's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    yes, yes i do.

  10. HUGE DECISION-- honest opinions please!!!

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

    my opinion is. sooner in sooner out.

  11. CRNAs once again defamed...

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

    ya know there was a thread where discussions were made on the use of earpieces and some persons saying theirs were collecting dust etc. i routinely use my earpiece whether mac cases or geta. the...

  12. The usefullness of MONOSCOPES

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

    is it a valve that switches a chest piece to the blood pressure cuff so you can then listen to koratkoff

  13. Fullerton/Kaiser vs. Sam. Merritt vs. Southern Cal.

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

    usc mucho expensive, taught through the medical school. not sure about their clinical rotations. samuel merrit more exp than kaiser and our pharm teacher does video lecture to them. good clinical...

  14. MD referring to CRNA as 'support staff'

    gaspassah replied to kestrel1121's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    in my humble opinion i believe this discussion revolves around semantics and how the statements are presented in conversation. yes every single person is support staff if the patient is the center of...

  15. Travel CRNA opportunities for new grads-Realistic?

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

    for go to sleepy, i am currently training in a hospital that also trains mda's. there arent any lung transplants going on there. are you suggesting mda's fresh out of residency are proficient at lung...

  16. Travel CRNA opportunities for new grads-Realistic?

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

    for go to sleepy, i am currently training in a hospital that also trains mda's. there arent any lung transplants going on there. are you suggesting mda's fresh out of residency are proficient at lung...

  17. New Grad interested in CRNA

    gaspassah replied to TennRN2004's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    this was from a large pdf file so i just took what was relevant. b. At least one year of experience as a RN in an acute care setting (see Glossary). From glossary Acute care experience - Work...

  18. What's the catch and why is the CRNA position so popular?

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

    susana are you sure that it's not the MAT (miller analogies test) and not the mcat? several anesthesia schools require the mat.

  19. Interesting - new "bedside manners" test for med students -

    gaspassah replied to u-r-sleeepy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    well, before anesthesia school i played golf about 4-5 days a week. i wont throw stones in that direction.

  20. How do CRNAs/SRNAs benefit anesthesiology residents?

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

    i'm not real sure but i think i read it on here once and i looked it up in the medicare website, but i think a crna working independantly can bill and is reimbursed 75% of mda billing. i'm not real...

  21. How do CRNAs/SRNAs benefit anesthesiology residents?

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

    i read your posts. i may read into your posts, for that i apologize. however i will attempt to justify my comments. Originally Posted by Loisane I don't think there is any disagreement that nurse...

  22. How do CRNAs/SRNAs benefit anesthesiology residents?

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

    well yeah i did. drug companies with and without input from physicians work everday to improve the safety and efficacy of the drugs they produce. what i gather from your rather terse and somewhat...

  23. How do CRNAs/SRNAs benefit anesthesiology residents?

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

    this statement is right and wrong. the reason anesthesia became so safe had nothing to do with anesthesiologists and supervision, but advances in drugs used ie more cardiac stable meds, monitoring...

  24. Using same syringes all day

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

    if i'm not mistaken there was a big hepatitis outbreak somewhere because of this and it's now mandatory by jcho and osha to not reuse syringes. i go through about 50 syringes a day, at least. i dont...

  25. Clinical question about laryngoscopy

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

    on this i think we all agree. well done.