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I have been taking care of a pt that had a retroperitoneal bleed secondary to Lovenox injection. This is the first time I have heard of this and was wondering how frequently you see this in your practice???

Does anyone know of a webpage or resource in which I can get another PNS. Mine was "long term borrowed" and I feel as though I may not get it back. I have done an internet search without much success. I have been lucky enough to beg and borrow but...

How about my facility doesn't have Zemuron on the formulary.

Let me hear how you guys perform Valsalva maneuver?

I am going to try to start some actual clinical conversation. I am a junior in a front loaded program and we have just started attending the OR on a regular bases (M,T,W). I have a question for practicing CRNA's and I want the opinion of fellow SRN...

This is the kind of clinical discussion all can benefit from; it is conversations like these that keep me coming back to this site. As a junior student these are the conversation I enjoy the most. I agree with letting the ETCO2 become a little high...

For those of us ust starting our programs, but loving the clinical discussions can someone shed some light on why anticholinesterases inhibitors can't be used in this situation.

Help Needed: Just learning the ropes of the Anesthesia Machine and I was wondering what is it that drives the machine. I know that you can control your flow volumes of air, N2O, and O2 as well as vaporizers. However, is there ever a time when ...

I currently go to East Carolina University's CRNA program. It is a fairly new program as I am in the third class. It takes one class a year that starts in Jan. I would consider it to be very family friendly. It is front loaded and the schdule so ...

Good luck to those applying School: East Carolina University Applied to: ECU, ODU, Raliegh School of Anesthesia (heard from ECU before interview with other two) Undergrad Nursing GPA: 3.2 (had to retake 1 chemistry) MAT:47 GRE:1090 Experience: 3.5yrs...

Well I finally got a chance to intubate a couple of pt's in the OR and I performed well for the first time. I was worried because I had missed my last couple on our SIM man but a real person is a different ballgame. It was so much easier. I was ha...

Sounds great...I would suggest maybe a calendar section as well. I have designed a web page for our class though it sounds like it is on a smaller scale than what you have. However, most people tell me that they enjoy the calendar section more than...

Nice topic guys. I start clinicals in Jan. and I am looking forward to having DaVinci experience. If I am not mistaken a cardiologist at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC was instrumental in developing the DaVinci system or is a pione...

Do you have a class web page....if so how about posting address for all to see....trying to develop one for our class now and I am looking for ideas.

I agree. I just started school in January and I followed the advice of many on this board to stay away from the books and enjoy family, friends, and those things that school will take away from. Enjoy your free time while you have it!!!!!!!!!!

Here is what I have so far...let me know what you think. http://personal.ecu.edu/clp0723d1/SRNA2007.html

Has anyone had the experience of having a baby while in school? This is more directed to guys whose wives have had a baby while in school. My wife and I would like to have our first child but I don't finish school until May of 07 and she is worried...

I just started in Jan. and I am in a program that is not intergrated. So my typical day starts at 6:00 have class from 8:00 until 10:00 or 1:30 depending on the day and then it is off to the library to read and study until 5:00-6:00 come home see my...

bankone.com....using money from them now...application process is very easy...there is a processing fee which is a negative but they don't care what other assistance you are getting which some companys do

Just started CRNA school this week and feeling extremely overwhelmed. Can someone explain to me in simple terms how Etomidate blocks the adrenocortical response to stress?? Also explain the increase in the sympathetic outflow one sees with the admi...

Thanks for the reponse. We started lectures today that will be an extensive coverage of all antibiotics...did your program focus a great deal on this topic and if so what are some hints on how to LEARN not rememarize this large amount of material?? ...

I am starting CRNA school on Jan. 3rd. I have been receiving some textbooks and got a disc with the first few lectures of our Pharmacology class which we take with medical residents in their second yr. My question is how involved was your letures o...

Nilepoc I would like to read your thread on your web page but it is redirecting me to an incorrect address....any suggestions?

For those of you that are out in the CRNA working field or those students who have taken a stipend...I start school in Jan. and a group around here has this offer....$20,000 for school for a 2 yr. commitment. Once done they are currently (which I im...

Just wanted to spread the news. Got in at East Carolina University CRNA program. Will be starting in Jan. I got in off the alternate list. Got a phone call yesterday and met with the director today. Didn't realize how scared I would be now looki...