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Kaiser, UCSD, Balboa (Navy)-and yes they have civilian CRNAs, Paradise Valley, and possibly others about which I am not aware

You must be a Kaiser Grad!

I hope to get some of the folks in HI to buy into the block. I loved it @ Navy and IMHO found it easier and more reliable than interscalene. Bye the way, The Irishman and myself received the good word about our board results yesterday. It sure fee...

Congrats buddy! The Irishman and I took the quiz on wednesday. I was so nervous when I hit the enter button on that 90th question, and so relieved when it shutdown.

No where do I see an onset of 15 minutes! Interestingly the onset following deltoid injection falls right within the the onset of 3-5 minutes for Sux. Those darn pharmokinetics. So much for useless... Anesth Analg. 1997 Jan;84(1):54-8. Sulliv...

Look MAN! I am not suggesting anyone to act on anything I have said. Looking up every bit of research to determine how to act and respond is great. However, this is nothing more than a chat room and I am simply sharing my experience and not writ...

Is it better to give a drug to prevent or attenuate a bradycardic response or stand there like Gomer Pyle? PPV is always the first like offense to break a laryngospasm The first line defense is don't muck with the cords during stage II of anestheti...

IM Sux/atropine (a.k.a sux/atropine DART) in peds is for the purpose of breaking a laryngospasm in a patient without an IV. Which is frequently the case during mask inductions or short procedures such a PE tubes. The atropine is to off set the brady...

1 app. 1 school best of luck

LMAO

If the blocked worked initially then there was no problem with the block or the marcaine. The bolus placed through the catheter did not work; therefore, the catheter was the problem. If the initial marcaine was placed via the catheter and the block...

Ditto. I initially started missing IVs that would have never missed, without the LA in the way, but with practice and improved technique no worries.

Look man, I just read it right from the source in Barash. Morgan and Mickhail shows the same thing. Nagelhout is brilliant, has a PhD. in pharmacology, and I have heard it repeatedly right from his mouth. Mike you are clearly very intelligent and h...

Did the blocks work at all or did they simply not last beyond the duration of the surgery? Did both blocks have catheters? If so, I would say you had a catheter issue most likely from migration of the catheter away from proximity to the nerve. All o...

WRONG! PROPOFOL has the most cardiac and respiratory depressant effects of any of the induction agents. Per BARASH, NAGELHOUT, and no doubtedly any other text comparing induction agents. I am not trying to insult you. I am simply pointing out yo...

well said! Hey mike, I don't want to harp but I have one question. What intravenous induction agent (propofol, pentothol, ketamine, etc.) given in equipotent doses has the greatest cardiac and respiratory depressive effects? Priority number one is no...

Were the two previous blocks administered at the same time? i.e. Fem and sciatic More details please.

Sigma, you are killing me dude.

WHAT the ... four pages of this thread are devoted to your whining about dead horses and now you have something valuable to add? Apparently, the horse isn't dead. Thanks for contributing to the discussion. And by the way, you did bring up the s...

Wow, that is some great clinical debate. So you want to discuss whether Sevo or des is better for the obese pt. Okay, you start... ...waiting ...waiting ...oh yea, you would have no idea given the fact that you have NEVER used e...

This website has seen more traffic with controversial topics than without and as a result more people as responding to other threads as well. So quit whining about the topic, stop reading the thread if you don't like it, and start taking advantage o...

Increasingly strong backing! Who do you think created AAs? They have always had the strong backing of MDs. AAs were created to limit the power of CRNAs, see proposed NC legistlation. AA practice is CONTROLLED by anesthesiologists, not ours. MDA...

Docs use Lidocaine 2%, anywhere from 60-100ml's volume, instilling the tissue involved with the generator pocket and obtaining venous access. YIKES! 1200-2000 mg of lidocaine! Max dose in 70 Kg individual 4.5 mg/kg 315mg sans epi; 7 mg/kg with epi 49...

Dave -you're a wild man, you can do my anesthesia anytime.

The valsalva in anesthesia is actually generally applied during spinal cases to confirm that the dura has not been punctured or that the closure of dura is complete after it was intentionally opened. The pop off valve is closed and an inspiratory pre...