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  1. Anyone have any experience with anesthesia assistants compared to CRNAs ?

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

    I haven't posted here in awhile but I find this thread and comments like the above very interesting. The title of this thread is "Anybody have any EXPERIENCE with AA's compared to CRNA's?". Not one...

  2. HIT and CABG

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

    Well - no experienced CRNAs have responded to this great question (they're all busy debating the whole MD/CRNA issue or whether a CRNA with a doctorate should call themselves doctor). I hope you're...

  3. Do CRNAs teach AAs in Clinical (at Emory)?

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

    I am an anesthetist with Emory Healthcare and I am also on the faculty of the AA program at Emory. To answer your original question - Yes, CRNAs do work with our AA students in the OR on a regular...

  4. Open Heart Pre-op Sedation

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

    I do indeed place the Swan myself, along with any other invasive lines. The only thing that I'm not permitted to do is a sub-clavian stick. That's pretty common in the Atlanta area. To answer your...

  5. Open Heart Pre-op Sedation

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

    We place all of our lines in pre-op holding using small incremental doses of fent and midaz. Very rarely do we give more than 2mg and 100mcg of each. We fast-track very aggressively due to the large...

  6. New Overtime Rules

    georgia_aa posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What is everyones understanding regarding how the new overtime rules will ultimately affect salaried anesthetists who earn > 100k and work significant overtime? I can't seem to make sense of the...

  7. New Overtime Rules

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

    Yes, this is the explanation that I have received. There never was any requirement on the part of our employers to pay us overtime. Rather, it has always been market driven. Therefore, the new law...

  8. lets discuss extubation

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

    I also do not advocate high dose narcotics for very short cases. But for cases that most would consider to be relatively painful (abdominal incisions, total joints, major spine etc), then I do...

  9. lets discuss extubation

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

    Snakebitten - you are exactly 100% dead-on-the-money correct in how you are dosing your Fentanyl. One of the attendings that I work with on an almost daily basis did much of the early animal studies...

  10. lets discuss extubation

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

    The reason narcotics are such a great idea toward the end of the case is that they work wonderfully to suppress the cough reflex. If you ever get a horrible upper resp. infection with intractable...

  11. Is it possible to titrate paralytics?

    georgia_aa replied to Diprivan/Vented's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    do they swipe with alcohol before they start the

  12. Travel CRNA opportunities for new grads-Realistic?

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

    Actually, the minimum number of clinical hours for AA's is 2615 which is more than the majority of CRNA

  13. How do CRNAs/SRNAs benefit anesthesiology residents?

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

    This is perhaps the most absurd statement that I've seen written on this forum to date. How did all of these wonderful advances you mentioned happen?? Was it through the ground breaking research done...

  14. How do CRNAs/SRNAs benefit anesthesiology residents?

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

    My practice in the Atlanta area employs approximately 10 CRNAs and 20 AAs. We have VERY little turnover. Most of the CRNAs in this group have been with us for 10 years or more. We have an incredibly...

  15. Clinical question about laryngoscopy

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The observation that if the Miller 3 is the blade of choice in difficult situations why not start out with it is a great one and one that was pointed out to me early in my career. I have used the...

  16. Here's what CRNAs really think about AAs

    georgia_aa posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    and this from the president of the aana here we go again...... americans say "no" to low-level assistants providing anesthesia to civilian and military patients, survey reveals park ridge, ill.--the...

  17. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Dude, I'm sorry - you totally misunderstood me. I have, in fact, been put to sleep for a hernia repair by a CRNA who is one of my best buds. What I said is that I would be uncomfortable if there was...

  18. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    "Everytime I try to get out, they pull me back in" - Al Pacino .. Godfather III TraumaTom - thanks for the really great post. I don't know whether you or I have ever crossed paths, but your writing...

  19. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This will be my last post and then I'm going to turn in my super-secret allnurses.com decoder ring and get on with my life... I am willing to concede that on the day after graduation, the CRNA...

  20. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    No Swumpgas, I probably can't give an enema and not muss up the sheets. Great skill to have for an anesthetist though.... And while I have not served in the armed forces, I do travel to Equador every...

  21. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi Everyone, I was getting concerned that this thread was growing increasingly hostile. I was worried that all I was succeeding in doing was fanning the flames which was not at all my intent. To...

  22. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am in no way practicing beyond the scope of my license. I am performing those tasks which are fully within my practice description as accepted by the Georgia Board of Medical Examiners. I said...

  23. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Well, I believe that some of you are indeed against me personally, but that's beside the point. When you make statements as if they are fact it feeds the problem. AA's currently practice in 19...

  24. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    OK, most of you seem genuinely interested (DEEPZ notwithstanding) so I will attempt to address as many of the issues you have raised as I can. There were several questions relating to my scope of...

  25. Here's what AAs really think of CRNAs

    georgia_aa replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Please be patient with me as I am in the middle of moving and they have turned off my DSL service until next week so I am struggling with dialup. I don't have time right now to respond to everyone...