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  1. Is it possible to titrate paralytics?

    athomas91 replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    point taken....

  2. Is it possible to titrate paralytics?

    athomas91 replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i know the stats... the incidence of aspiration (signifigant) is between 1-7 per 10,000 patients it is 20-30% of all anesthesia related deaths.... that is not my point - aspiration can obviously...

  3. Is it possible to titrate paralytics?

    athomas91 replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i see both sides of the argument.... i will give my 2 cents... when that patient aspirates and the attorney for the patient says.....so you took their control of their airway away from them and then...

  4. Resource books

    athomas91 replied to jewelcutt's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i have to say - all of them....Stoelting is good...and alot of times i even get into Miller for a more in depth

  5. Is it possible to titrate paralytics?

    athomas91 replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i would think a CRNA could be there and handle the airway?!?!?! even w/ a full TOF, eye opening and purposeful movement - 70% of the receptors can still be blocked and sufficient enough to make a...

  6. Philadelphia area CRNA schools

    athomas91 replied to rn2be2006's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i go to drexel - couldn't ask for a better program.... good

  7. Question

    athomas91 replied to stevierae's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    ROFL :rotfl: :rotfl: for some reason - i absolutely love deepz sense of humor....

  8. Pregnant

    athomas91 replied to Heather R.N.'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i for the most part agree w/ Loisiane.... i am of the firm belief you can do anything you put your mind to...HOWEVER....if you are BRAND new (1-2nd semester) why not start from where you are in a year...

  9. organization and life in school

    athomas91 replied to tcrn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i applaude those of you w/ children - i don't know how you keep up.... but traumanurse is right on the money - you HAVE to make time to relax - if you don't - school will eat you alive. i find those...

  10. Opinions regarding induction with parents

    athomas91 replied to Brenna's Dad's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i am with jwk on this one.... there isn't much i haven't seen - and when my husband had surgery it was difficult for me to see him unconscious (the versed knocked him completely out...LOL) i can't...

  11. Opinions regarding induction with parents

    athomas91 replied to Brenna's Dad's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i haven't had parents in the room yet - and i won't likely adopt the practice...even the CRNA's i work with do not go into the room when their child is being induced - their view on it is - there is...

  12. Side effects of spinal anesthesia

    athomas91 replied to Helori's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i agree - but my thought was that due to the time it was likely another cause. so - you have cut down on your lido use for spinals, eh?? i will have to do some research on that one...thanks for the...

  13. Side effects of spinal anesthesia

    athomas91 replied to Helori's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    pasgasser....a few days out this wouldn't still be the problem, would

  14. Side effects of spinal anesthesia

    athomas91 replied to Helori's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i hope all turns out

  15. Side effects of spinal anesthesia

    athomas91 replied to Helori's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i understand it is frustrating...but in an objective view - (because it isn't my grandfather...) you cannot pay a thousand dollars a day for something that can be taken care of with a home nurse and...

  16. Side effects of spinal anesthesia

    athomas91 replied to Helori's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    the liklihood of that being related to the spinal is low...it is more likely due to a pre-existing prostatic problem or a

  17. AANA Natl Meeting in Seattle...who's going?

    athomas91 replied to zrmorgan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I will be there....and looking forward to it...hey don't forget about the student breakfast on Sunday at 0700 - i need

  18. CRNAs once again defamed...

    athomas91 replied to dynamiteRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    jwk - i am trying to recall but from what i remember it was not a nurse anesthetist who administered the anesthesia...i have already written the editor of msnbc...and i am sure the AANA will get on...

  19. tuition

    athomas91 replied to movinsouth's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i go to drexel in philly - it ends up being like 7500.00 per

  20. Laryngospasm question

    athomas91 replied to TraumaNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Traumanurse - it is actually in our laryngospasm "pathway" that we had to

  21. Laryngospasm question

    athomas91 replied to TraumaNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    LOL .... yep - they named it...i have only had one laryngospasm and it wasn't effective for her...oh

  22. Laryngospasm question

    athomas91 replied to TraumaNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    yoga- i am not sure if you were serious about the question - but what you were doing is of course what the books call the "notch" - i have heard from some who have used it that it works - i think more...

  23. MD referring to CRNA as 'support staff'

    athomas91 replied to kestrel1121's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    here is where my misunderstanding came into play - i thought the opt out for independant billing and the opt out of supervision were one in the same....i guess they are not...thank you. Certified...

  24. Travel CRNA opportunities for new grads-Realistic?

    athomas91 replied to allapeyre's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Go2sleepy- the AA thing has been hashed - let's leave it alone...alrighty... i think it only makes logical (if you are of that mindset......) sense that ANYONE starting out should probably get some...

  25. MD referring to CRNA as 'support staff'

    athomas91 replied to kestrel1121's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Gotosleepy..... http://63.172.231.18/crna/ataglance.asp you may want to perhaps cite your opinions better - 29 states in the US have opted out...last time i did the math that was more than 50%...