deepz

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  1. muscle relaxants

    deepz replied to Isuhd8u's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'll say it again about this useless drug: by the time Mivacron reaches peak effect, it's already half worn off.

  2. muscle relaxants

    deepz replied to Isuhd8u's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It is short relative to neostigmine, yes ... BUT ... edrophonium can be a valuable adjunct (rarely) if a patient proves to be slow to reverse. I will occasionally pile on a bit of Enlon to speed the...

  3. RE: Arizona- Midwestern Univ. NA Program

    deepz replied to big sweet life's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Wow, dude, your antipathy toward their former Program Director for her having dissed your FN experience seems to skew your response here. Don't allow your personal feelings to prejudice wannbees...

  4. Work While In School?

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

    Careful what you wish for ....

  5. Book: Nurse Anesthesia SECRETS

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

    Amen. We stand on giants' shoulders. Don't forget to read Nagelhout & Zaglaniczny NURSE ANESTHESIA (great history chapter by the peerless Ira Gunn), and also Essence of Anesthesia Practice by...

  6. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    Bad information. No one proposes a 250K cap in GENERAL. Actual damages, punitive damages, those are not capped. As I understand it, pain and suffering -- which seems to be the basis of many...

  7. Flight Nurse experience adequate ?

    deepz replied to 2814's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The COA standard is actually "acute" care and, yes, that term is interpreted different ways by different programs.

  8. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    Haha, you're funny. Come on here giving orders like that and then boohoo that so many people love to hate lawyers. Hate? Who said anything about hate but you? You are a lawyer, right? Frivolous is...

  9. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    Yes, I too was surprised to see how the information could be twisted to serve the interests of the legal beagles. For facts on how lawyers' frivolous suits hurt American healthcare visit:...

  10. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    deepz replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This is how alcoholics are like surgeons: When they report they drink a six-pack a day, DOUBLE that for the true amount. When a surgeon says that little incarcerated hernia will take only one hour ......

  11. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    deepz replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Again, as someone has pointed out already on this thread, the difference is like flying a Cessna compared to an F-14. Versed will be subtle and gradual usually, depending on individual response;...

  12. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

    deepz replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I guess you are forgetting that this is a CRNA forum. Starting their own IVs, CRNAs are not governed by any institutional policy necessarily, but rather by that more universal determinant: what would...

  13. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    deepz replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Given by a WHO????

  14. decadron as antiemetic

    deepz replied to skrunchy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I heard the Governor refused to fund the program.

  15. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    deepz replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Absolutely! See yoga above: "Some of my most difficult cases in my career have been sedation cases." When the patient is paralyzed and intubated, no big deal. Smooth sailing. Simple. When the...

  16. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    deepz replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    RAGs. Room Air Generals. 'Conscious sedation' is one thing; most MACs do end up Room Air Generals. With O2 supplement of course.

  17. Marcaine

    deepz replied to markjrn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Many old-timers have been heard to say: There is no such thing as inadequate regional anesthesia. Those would be instances of inadequate sedation.

  18. For physiology studs only..

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

    So this was someone who knew you well. Well...... I'm beginning to get the picture as to why someone might be motivated not to do as you say, Nephro!

  19. Meaningful Posts

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

    Way to go. Most CRNAs tend to become Triple-A: assertive, aggressive, and abrasive.

  20. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    deepz replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

  21. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    deepz replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    "For Immediate Release May 5, 2004 AANA-ASA Joint Statement Regarding Propofol Administration* April 14, 2004 Because sedation is a continuum, it is not always possible to predict how an individual...

  22. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    deepz replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Whoa. That's a rather broad assertion, don't you think, Mike? The GI folks' literature is full of their protests that they can order any damn thing they please and it WILL be safe. That just ain't...

  23. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    deepz replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Note of reality here: there are 33,000 CRNAs in America, and only a few hundred AAs.

  24. Common practice in the USA

    deepz replied to dzenkipenki's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    33 nations belong to the IFNA: http://www.ifna-int.org/ifna/page.php?1

  25. Common practice in the USA

    deepz replied to dzenkipenki's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You'll understand of course, sc17, that we CRNAs might not accept at face value many stats from the A$A website. One past President of theirs testified under oath to Congress that he had personally...