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  1. CRNA or Medical School

    susswood replied to jkw_83RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It is if your life expectancy is

  2. Starting clinical; need new shoes! Please help!

    susswood replied to KiwiAngel_18's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Have worn both Danskos (6 years) Birks (since I was a teen) and NEVER had a bad

  3. Starting clinical; need new shoes! Please help!

    susswood replied to KiwiAngel_18's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Dansko clogs are my favorite (you can get them with backs). I have also worn Birkenstocks, but they don't seem to work as well for my feet. If your feet are narrow, Sven clogs are very good as well....

  4. How would you manage this airway?

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

    Yeah, grey matter is coming out... but you would still tube and ventilate in an effort to save the viable organs for

  5. how much $ is too much

    susswood replied to PTU2SLP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Since when? We are one of the most respected groups of professionals, I highly doubt public opinion is that we are

  6. Family History of Malignant Hypertension

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

    FYI: an increase in temerature is actually a late sign of the disorder. The nomenclature of the disorder can be misleading people to believing it is soley a problem with temperature when it is...

  7. how much $ is too much

    susswood replied to PTU2SLP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Actually, that's pretty normal for Los Angeles jails-celebrity or not.... you can even schedule your jail time for a

  8. Fluid Replacement on Weight Basis

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

    Assuming an 8 hour fast, I would replace an (approximate) one liter deficit over the first three hours combined with 120 ml/hr maintenence and add 800 ml/hr (give or take) for insensible losses during...

  9. I Am Back

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

    Congrats to athomas!!!! Glad to see you back, Yoga (that lidocaine thread really ruffled my feathers as

  10. I want to become a CRNA

    susswood replied to Mimi's nurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Why wouldn't you just go straight for your BSN? Seems crazy to me to waste time in an ADN program when you know you are going all the

  11. How much movement does it take to dislodge a tube?

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

    That's interesting! I know many providers who cut tubes. Certainly something to think

  12. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

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

    I don't think it was just me.... your wording here (combined with topic of this thread) really seemed to say the seizure was from the lidocaine used from an IV start. When read in combination with...

  13. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

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

    Lidocaine does not cause seizures, unless given in toxic doses (5mg/kg).In fact, IV lidocaine can be used in the treatment of grand mal seizures due to its neuronal membrane stabilizing effects....

  14. How much movement does it take to dislodge a tube?

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

    Depends on the size of the patient and size of the tube. Smaller patient and tube has a much smaller margin of error. In kids, just extending the neck can extubate

  15. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

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

    Years ago, I accompanied a good friend to the hospital for her tonsilectomy. She sat in a chair while a resident started her IV. As he inserted the needle, she went pale, eyes rolled back, started to...

  16. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    No way. More like, "keep us out of this, killing people is not our business." If the AANA ever took a position to support CRNAs as part of an execution team I would rescind my membership immediately....

  17. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    Not at all. What they are saying is that you can't use monitors like the BIS unless someone trained in anesthesia can interpret the data.... I don't think for a minute that statement implies they want...

  18. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    Medical Ethics and the Death Penalty from NPR news:

  19. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    It is unethical for anesthesia providers to administer drugs to facilitate death by lethal injection. I don't know about the rest of the country, but in California, the drugs are NOT administered by...

  20. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    The practice of anesthesia is to render someone free of pain during a painful procedure. Administration of anesthetic agents as part of death by lethal injection is NOT the practice of anesthesia...

  21. IM Atropine dose for peds emergency

    susswood replied to sandman1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Shouldn't some of you be in clinical right

  22. IM Atropine dose for peds emergency

    susswood replied to sandman1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I NEVER do a peds case without a sux/atropine dart. Not only that, but I carry it with me to the PACU, 'cause it sucks when they spasm on the way there and they show up hypoxic and bradycardic and the...

  23. Anyone take out $50,000 per year to live?

    susswood replied to ellarose's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Also, I get a discount for having my homeowners/auto insurance both through the same company (AAA). They also give certain professional groups discounts (teachers, engineers etc.) so it's worth...

  24. Anyone take out $50,000 per year to live?

    susswood replied to ellarose's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    These are some things that worked for me: Cancel your cable See if you can get a reduced rate on internet by combining with an internet/cell phone provider Definitely shop for cheaper insurance Eat...

  25. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

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

    The "requirement" for CRNA education is acute care experience. Many of us come from the ER where we started IVs daily on IV drug abusers in the midst of seizures, chemo patients with one vein left and...