catcolalex

catcolalex

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  1. AA school

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

    10 months?, do you mean anesthesia tech? anesthesia assistant is a little more involved than ten months, if it is anesthesia tech, that wouldnt be so bad to do while going to nursing school, in my...

  2. Southern California Kaisers?

    catcolalex replied to SRNA11's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I trained at kaiser in pasadena, and have been to a lot of the so. cal kaisers. here is the basics, autonomy-not very much, always an MDA involved with every case. regional- if you define...

  3. ISCM block for shoulder surgery

    catcolalex posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Is it just me or does the ISCM (Intersternocleidomastoid) block of the brachial plexus just taught in a few places? Kaiser teaches it through the navy but everywhere else I go, no one knows what the...

  4. ISCM block for shoulder surgery

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

    Congrats to you and the leprochaun both!, have fun on your trip man.

  5. Contracting Questions

    catcolalex replied to TJ8A's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    dont do it before you go to school, you dont know if that is the anesthesia that you want to do until you train and get an idea of what you like. you dont want yet another commitment hanging over...

  6. Mixing ephedrine with neo...

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

    Ive heard of it, i think the point is to try and avoid the tachycardia with ephedrine, and the bradycardia with neo, while still increasing blood pressure, who knows if it works that way or not....

  7. 3 Letters of Reference for NA Program?

    catcolalex replied to deroth1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Its more important what they write about you than if its a cardiologist or a

  8. ISCM block for shoulder surgery

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

    thanks dave, I've also taken up a personal crusade to spread the good word. I'll keep it up. kaiser

  9. Need help with a research project!!

    catcolalex replied to mummer43's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    research propofol for sedation in ICU, or its use by non-anesthesia

  10. What now?????

    catcolalex replied to tnd511's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It all depends on the school you want to go to... If you dont care, then apply to the 5 or so that dont require it. If you want to go to a GRE requiring school, then take it again, if still...

  11. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

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

    If the board of nursing can take away a license if you are caught doing any illegal drugs whether you are working or not, does that not answer what should be done? things are "illegal "for a

  12. Pregnant in the OR???

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

    I am not trying to be rude or in any way demeaning, but i know for a fact that there are all male CRNA and Anesthesia groups out there that are composed as such to avoid the very problem of "maturnity...

  13. I passed

    catcolalex posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I passed! Kaiser rules, 2 weeks and 1 day after the test, the results came. Good luck to

  14. Starting to look for work...

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

    follow the

  15. SEE Exam

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

    I think the SEE is crap, it is made up retired questions from boards, and also questions that were thrown out because they were not fair. Is that what you want to practice

  16. Boards response time

    catcolalex posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anyone taken the test lately? how long until you had official results from the

  17. Taking boards soon...

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

    I took the test on thurs. pretty fair test. the sweat book will prepare you the most for the test, not the memory master. concentrate on that and you should be

  18. Ephedrine for prevention/treatment of PONV?

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

    look for it in obstetrical anesthesia, that is where it is used the most to treat hypotension-induced nausea and vomiting in the pregnant ladies especially during c-section spinal induced

  19. MAC explanation

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

    The nuts and bolts of MAC is that it is a "dose" of inhaled anesthesia. the dose goes down with increased age, other drugs you are using during the anesthetic

  20. All CRNA practice

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

    Dont you think that the other CRNA's in an all-crna practice could provide back-up just as the MDA's

  21. HR 5688 Act

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

    not to overgeneralize, but sometimes the only thing a DO lacks from that of an MD is

  22. praemedikation with morhin

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

    in the US, the most common premed is versed. for spinal anesthesia maybe a little fentanyl as well, but most of the time nothing but

  23. How does CRNA school differ from nursing school?

    catcolalex replied to FAM600's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    CRNA school does not concentrate on the fluffy crap that is over abundant in nursing school. I loved the "what is the best thing to say to the pt in this situation?" questions from nursing

  24. 1 year ICU schools

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

    In my opinion, years of ICU does not equal readiness to be in anesthesia school. Anesthesia is different than ICU nursing. a decent background is all that is

  25. 1 year ICU schools

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

    Kaiser in california will accept you if you have a year of icu at time of program start. we had several in class that had less than a year at the