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  1. AANA members

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

    Besides the lousy spelling, you're incredibly naive. The AANA and it's minions donate TONS of money to politicians every year. I'm not pretending that physician's don't - but to think one side does...

  2. AANA members

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

    I think that's wishful thinking after the ThoughtBridge

  3. Post-op vision problems?

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

    http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/case.aspx?caseID=100 Found this while I was doing some preliminary research for a POVL study. Note the scary part - the patient's blurry vision immediately after the case was...

  4. AANA members

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

    Sure - who wants to start?

  5. Air Embolisms by Central Line Removal

    jwk replied to mach1of8's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Are you using an IV catheter or one made specifically for central

  6. muscle relaxants

    jwk replied to Isuhd8u's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I still think sux is a great drug and will still have a place as long as rapid onset is required. Higher dose roc still is not as fast as

  7. Air Embolisms by Central Line Removal

    jwk replied to mach1of8's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yep, the visuals are cool. When we first got our Sonocyte, we played with them on each other, doing valsalvas and inhaling against a closed airway - totally cool seeing how the vessels open up and...

  8. Air Embolisms by Central Line Removal

    jwk replied to mach1of8's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Mike, you're having way too much fun with the visuals. Ultrasound brings in a whole new set of skills. I've always used t-berg, but never tried having the patient valsalva during placement. If...

  9. muscle relaxants

    jwk replied to Isuhd8u's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I don't even know if sux powder is still available. The mix was 1 gram in 500cc at our place (2mg/cc). Of course back in the old days, that bag might last a day or two or three since we would use it...

  10. muscle relaxants

    jwk replied to Isuhd8u's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Maybe it's rarely used at your facility. We use it quite often because of it's faster onset of action compared to neostigmin.Movacron (as we call it) is not good for much of anything. Use sux for...

  11. crna becoming anesthesiologists,MD??

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

    If they're the same course number they should. For example - if med school physiology is Human Physiology 501, and that course number is used for both MD and PA programs, that should be fine. That's...

  12. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    1) I'm curious - what are you PERSONALLY doing to prevent medical errors?2) Where did you come up with THAT number, Plaintiff's Lawyers R Us? You think an OB practice that takes in $1 million a year...

  13. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    Excellent point Mike - personal responsibility is too often a rare thing these

  14. crna becoming anesthesiologists,MD??

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

    There are huge differences between college classes and medical school. Biochem, physiology, anatomy, etc., are doctoral level, not college level. Why anyone would assume they could exempt out of a...

  15. crna becoming anesthesiologists,MD??

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

    As far as your first question, yes, I know several. Besides the fact that you can't exempt ANY time from medical school (unless you've taken the ACTUAL med school class) - why would you think a CRNA...

  16. Have Docs kept you out of an OR room b/c your a CRNA?

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

    Well

  17. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    OK - let's review how coffee is made - whether a drip coffeemaker or the old-fashioned percolator, the water is heated to a BOILING POINT, then dripped through the coffee grounds, making HOT COFFEE....

  18. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    If your son or daughter is truly incapacitated due to an injury or medical malpractice, there are plenty of economic damages, even if they are a minor. You obviously are clueless about how the law...

  19. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    Learn some facts before you make such poorly informed statements. Caps only apply to "non-economic" damages. Actual damages (hospital bills, lost wages, costs of rehab, costs of nursing homes, costs...

  20. Med-Mal Reform -- Write your Senator

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

    Z, you and I agree 100%. I find it amazing that anyone actually IN clinical practice (as opposed to sitting in an office or classroom and never seing a patient much less actually working with one)...

  21. Phenergan and HBO treatment..

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

    No thanks - excellent cases for students who can't get out of them

  22. Phenergan and HBO treatment..

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

    It's kind of wierd giving something to have an even BETTER seizure. I never saw IV caffeine till I came to Atlanta - never saw it in my previous job. Now we don't do ECT's at all - what a

  23. RRNA SOS please help

    jwk replied to zzzno2's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'll betcha you're only hearing one side of this story. I have a hard time believing any clinical site arbitrarily decided they're going to screw with the future of two students each year just for...

  24. Phenergan and HBO treatment..

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

    Doesn't the HBO unit have a medical director? If you have a REAL HBO unit, plenty of patients are less then optimum - that's why they're there in the first place. The surgeon and the physician...

  25. Phenergan and HBO treatment..

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

    LOL - for