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  1. Trauma Anesthesia

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

    well -i can only give my opinion and 2 cent... but as a former trauma/ed nurse - i too love the stuff even though it is the most straight forward easy anesthesia you can give.... volume...more...

  2. Insulin

    athomas91 replied to Momto2Boys's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    if you are drawing 2 different insulins up in the same syringe - remember "RN" - regular before nph.... if a little regular gets in the nph bottle - no real harm... but there is a more significant...

  3. Blood test reactions

    athomas91 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    kids/teens esp boys are very parasympathetically driven and full of vagal tone... it is not unusual for them to react that way...the hysteria and screaming and such is just high school kids feeding...

  4. Hollywood movie called "awake"

    athomas91 replied to crna2bee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    deepz - i don't think - at least - i am not saying BIS doesn't work... i just think there are too many ways to invalidate the information which make it impossible to rely on..if i had it - would i use...

  5. question about change in info previously presented by employer

    athomas91 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i have a question that i hope one of you all can help me with. when i interviewed and signed a contract with my to be employer - i was told (verbally) no holidays/wkends/on call mandatory but could...

  6. Hollywood movie called "awake"

    athomas91 replied to crna2bee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    the place where i am clinically had a whole day of awareness... the des vaporizor wasn't hooked in correctly... how it wasn't noticed on ET monitoring i don't know (perhaps it was before it was used)...

  7. Hollywood movie called "awake"

    athomas91 replied to crna2bee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Inteva - JWK is absolutely right...do you really think if it was "proven technology" that it wouldn't be a standard of care...that is not a rational mode of thinking... BIS works according to BIS...

  8. Total cases as SRNA..

    athomas91 replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    by the end of the month i will be over 800 and

  9. For All SRNA's/ RRNA's

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

    16 days of clinical left... then a month or so off to study for boards (our program is structured that way...) so - yeah i pretty much hate life right now - ready to be done - but still in the...

  10. Different ways to skin the cat..

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

    gasspassah...thanks...i just wonder what a lawyer would try to portray it as if something were to go wrong... i guess they will paint it however they want...like everything else.. thanks again.

  11. Anxiously waiting...

    athomas91 replied to charles-thor's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    awesome!!!

  12. Different ways to skin the cat..

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

    i as well appreciate the deep extubation - as a student - of course - only practice it with CRNA's who also use it in their practice.... i don't know though about legal standing IF something should...

  13. Different ways to skin the cat..

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

    not trying to cause an argument..but if you are extubating when your ET sevo is 0.5... you aren't extubating deep.. deep extubation occurs when full MAC or close to it is instituted... you (IMHO) are...

  14. Naming Organic Compounds

    athomas91 replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    oh, no- he enjoys snoopy characters... and keep in mind - those structures will come back to haunt you later!!!

  15. SSEP Monitoring

    athomas91 replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    gotosleep - thanks for the

  16. SSEP Monitoring

    athomas91 replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i agree... if it so affects results - the requirements should be standard, right?!? on the muscle relaxant issue - they are stimulating the muscle/nerve and gauging the sensory response..is that...

  17. SSEP Monitoring

    athomas91 replied to rn29306's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    the ones i have worked w/ thus far have told us NO gas whatsoever - so we run propofol/remi infusions... and then i use them to titrate my drip - they really seem to hate it when i keep saying - "ok -...

  18. ever miss it?

    athomas91 replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    amen

  19. ever miss it?

    athomas91 replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    oh, and by the way - i was an ER nurse who will never missed being purposefully spit on, cursed at, hit, bitten, threatened, scratched, and insulted...i worked an absolutely thankless job and could...

  20. ever miss it?

    athomas91 replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    ok... you are offended?!?! you just accused everyone that is a CRNA or SRNA of being in it for the money...and that apparently we are all snobs who think we are superior?!?! so - you are out of line...

  21. ever miss it?

    athomas91 replied to blee1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    not even a CRNA yet ...but

  22. youngest SRNA

    athomas91 replied to blee1's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    i applied at age 25 - was accepted and started just prior to turning 28... i will admit - that i am sure that there are a multitude of "younger than thats" that can handle it...but i am thankful i...

  23. Naming Organic Compounds

    athomas91 replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i am just glad to see other programs make you learn all that too.. our director thinks it is funny to draw chemical structures.. not just of inhalationals - but of fent, propofol, remi and muscle...

  24. For All SRNA's/ RRNA's

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

    finishing up at Drexel... just had a baby, finishing building a home, selling this one...studying for boards...and going to clinical... i like miller lite ... but am very partial to chardonney.....

  25. STAT intubation advice PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

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

    i have one word.... suction... those people have more crap in their airway than you or i have in our stomach after lunch.... ugh...LOL i have found mulitple pills hiding under the epiglottis...they...