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jwk

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  1. Next time request MAC from your friendly neighborhood anesthetist. At most mine get a little versed, a little fentanyl, and some propofol. Very smooth, very short acting, no thrashing around.Your...
  2. I agree with gotosleepy - 10-15mcg/kg is too much for a lot of cases. 20cc of fentanyl up front on a 1hr TAH = Narcan at the end. I'm curious what kind of PACU discharge times you have with this much...
  3. Decadron for nausea seems to be the "in" thing right now, but keep in mind there is a low but potentially huge future problem with
  4. That, and maybe an "agree to disagree" about our professional
  5. Many moons ago we used a foley or red rubber catheter. You cut off the distal end and the proximal end can go in your ear. You have to play around a little to find the right size that fits in your...
  6. I like that - a mentor of what NOT to do. And yes, they do exist in all forms of healthcare
  7. It was actually given in liquid form - I couldn't tell you the last time I've seen or heard of it - probably more than 20 years
  8. Ah, c'mon, give me a
  9. Real smart - why does this CRNA think there are scavenging systems? You guys scare me!
  10. General - your mentor is an
  11. Just curious why any facility would actively be recruiting 40 anesthetists. That's a huge number of holes to
  12. Define a big dose of
  13. Re-read my previous posts. I have all the sympathy in the world for someone who has truly experienced awareness under general anesthesia. Awareness under sedation is an entirely different thing. I see...
  14. Mary - I'll take back pretty much everything I said in my previous reply to you. Somewhere along the line you've gotten a little confused. You were NOT under a general anesthetic. That means you...
  15. I am truly shocked that something like this would happen. It's a shame you stayed quiet about this. All it has done is enabled these doctors to do the same thing to other patients. And as far as not...
  16. First - if this happened to you, I am sorry. You haven't said anything about the particulars of your surgery, but regardless, if it actually happened to you, I'm sure all of us regret it. That being...
  17. I get some of my income as a contractor on a 1099. The advantages from a tax standpoint are numerous. For me specifically, here's the deal:As an employee, I can only deduct non-reimbursed employment...
  18. Funny how the companies always think that YOU/WE are the problem and not their device. We have a new continuous NIBP machine that I can only get to work about 1/3 of the time, and even when it works,...
  19. Question

    Pretty lame if that ticks them off. There are a few non-anesthesiologist docs still around doing anesthesia - apparently some docs back in the 50s-60s kind of drifted into anesthesia, mainly in...
  20. :chair: is right One hospital where I occasionally do some PRN work has them, and they sit unused most of the time. My main hospital does not / will not use them. Many of the studies supporting their...
  21. I thought it was pentothal, KCl and pavulon. What's funny is all the bleeding hearts who think, "what if it doesn't work right?". Give me a break. They START with 2000mg of pentothal (yes 2gm), then...
  22. Re-read my post I've been doing this for more than 25 years - I was referring to you supposedly doing this for almost 40 years. You're so hell-bent on bashing AA's that you don't bother actually...
  23. Yet another way to get sued by using an LMA inappropriately. It's already
  24. So now only nurses are credible?:rotfl: And I'm not grasping for legitimacy - I've only been doing this a few years less than you
  25. And in my mind, that would be one of the worst cases to use them in. What's the point? It's not like an ETT is an expensive thing to