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  1. Book: Nurse Anesthesia SECRETS

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

    Crisis Management in Anesthesiology by Gaba is a good

  2. Summer Reading before CRNA school starts?

    susswood replied to Jockgrl209's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Seriously, don't pre-study. If must read SOMETHING related to your new career it should be "Watchful Care." Otherwise, go see a movie or something and

  3. Help with anesthetist school question please!

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

    The California State University system is excellent and produces excellent nurses as well. It seems like at least 1/4 of my classmates (at Kaiser) are CSU grads (myself included), those that aren't...

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

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

    OK, it is 2006. A stay-at-home dad is as good as any mom-hands down! In addition, it is much better to get school over with while your children are young and probably won't remember much of you being...

  5. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

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

    Total baloney... written by someone with no understanding of local anesthetic pharmacology. Sorry, but this piece of garbage just makes me mad. I am a HUGE advocate for EMLA cream. Every child...

  6. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

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

    Thanks yoga! That's EXACTLY what I have been trying to say. I even wrote a mulitiple choice pop quiz about it (which noone bothered to answer.... although I said SRNA's/CRNA's are not allowed )...

  7. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

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

  8. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

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

    Mike-just so you know, I didn't post those questions specifically for you, but thanks for answering anyway, you really helped prove my point. BTW, I think most of what we are talking about here...

  9. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

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

    First off- propofol and Diprivan have important differences in preparation which may have significant impact for certain groups of patients. Actually, I won't go on... not only have I illustrated my...

  10. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

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

    Okay sedation nurses... here you go. A 70 kg 54 year old female with a history of asthma and parkinsons arrives in the ER with a dislocated shoulder after a ground level fall. Her vital signs are...

  11. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

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

    It takes a lot of guts to refuse to push a drug that is ordered by an MD. I got a lot of flack one night in the ER from a doc when I refused to push propofol as an RN. Another nurse even laughed at...

  12. For physiology studs only..

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

    Not true. 4% Lidocaine cream (LMX) is available over the counter. It is about 40 bucks for 30

  13. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

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

    My patients don't need to be awake to let me know what

  14. For physiology studs only..

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

    I hate to break the mood here.... but for anyone who may be interested in exercise induced asthma.... 2 pre-emptive puffs of albuterol prior to exercise often prevents exaccerbations. Feel free to go...

  15. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

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

    ELA-MAX or (LMX) is similar to EMLA but it is 4% Lidocaine plain (no prilocaine-so it is safer becuase of the decreased risk of methemoglobinemia in little ones). It is supposed to work faster than...

  16. For physiology studs only..

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

    I am no phys stud.... but my first instinct was exercise induced asthma. I think this only because my husband gets it, so I see it from time to time..... and it sounds

  17. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

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

    In addition to all of the above affirming that non-anesthesia providers SHOULD NOT push propofol...... The package insert is pretty clear about who can administer the drug. You may have some MD tell...

  18. Lidocaine prior to IV start?

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

    I started IV's for 4 years in the ER without local.... that makes me shudder now that I know how to do it with anesthesia. In fact, I think it is MEAN to do it without local. It ABSOLUTELY makes a...

  19. SRNA clinical tactics

    susswood posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Here's a question..... when an SRNA brings in food for the OR is it thoughtful appreciation or shameless brown-nosing? Any

  20. Work While In School?

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

    By the way.... (if I can jump back about 5 pages), working while in a CRNA program is not entirely impractical. I have a 3-year-old.... which takes up at least as much time as a few hours of work here...

  21. SRNA clinical tactics

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

    Yesterday was my last day of cardiac.... and the surgeon said "oh yeah, on your last day you are supposed to treat everyone to lunch." I told him that would be no problem if he wanted to feed my...

  22. Anal Retentiveness

    susswood replied to Pete495's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yesterday I was suturing/tying a CVP line and the anesthesiologist is right over me saying "you're doing it all wrong, what are you doing... TYING SHOELACES?!?" Nice. The best part of it was that the...

  23. Methohexital; Histamine Release

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

    According to Nagelhout, Methohexital may precipitate histamine release. Although the CV effects of this may be clinically insignificant (as mentioned in the above post), I would probably avoid it in...

  24. Hollywood movie called "awake"

    susswood replied to crna2bee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Too late, the movie is already in post-production. Anyhow, I resign from this

  25. Hollywood movie called "awake"

    susswood replied to crna2bee's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    No, that is not what was implied. For enlightenment, apply this aphorism to current subject: "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Listen, I'm a "glass half-full" kind of person. Take my posts...