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  1. Question

    MDA is purely an internet/written medium thing.... it is like Laughing out loud=LOL In the real world, everybody calls MDAs
  2. Question about Nitric Oxide

    you should be careful around Nitric Oxide, because as NO gets oxidized it turns into Nitric Dioxide.... which can destroy the inside of your trachea as well as your lungs depending on the ppm that you...
  3. you don't paralyze people for conscious sedation.... if you want to use a paralytic have an anesthesiologist there to secure the airway respiratory muscles (diaphragm) are the last to be blocked and...
  4. it is normal to feel pressure and pulling w/ a spinal... your anesthesia provider should have warned/explained that to you prior to the c-section so as to not create high
  5. loisane - you are absolutely
  6. Laryngospasm question

    laryngospasm notch.... kinda bogus ... (Larson CP. Laryngospasm - the best treatment. Anesthesiology 1998;89:1293-1294.) basically what you are doing is providing a better airway for your positive...
  7. hmmm... arrogance...??? anecdotal stuff about new MD grads not ready for locum...??? all i can tell you is that I did locum straight after residency (right before my fellowship)... It was a piece of...
  8. you are right deepz... we aren't peers, we are colleagues. and i don't know what is wrong with calling an AA an anesthetist. They get about as much Anesthesia experience in AA school as a SRNA gets...
  9. Pain Management CRNA

    i agree - nurses lounges are horrible and need a lot of improvement. The financial reason behind the hospital not ponying up more money for nursing lounges is that nurses don't bring in the bucks to...
  10. you can use a Cook exchanger over combitube w/ pedi bronchoscope guidance of cook catheter - then removal of
  11. Correction: CRNAs are involved w/ 65% of anesthetics in the USA - most of it is under MD
  12. No incision tubal ligation?

    if you are afraid of a general - you can always have it done under a short
  13. What does a Respiratory Therapist Do That An RN Can't?

    "A competent nurse knows respiratory stuff as well as any RT"... whatever... i'd like to meet a nurse who can describe I:E ratios and why/when to make changes in ratio/flow, who can desribe flow...
  14. interesting point from deepz: deepz's recurrent point is that CRNA=MDA, however, now deepz is telling us that a CRNA needs polishing prior to going for a locum - whereas locums are actually not a big...
  15. interesting point from deepz: deepz's recurrent point is that CRNA=MDA, however, now deepz is telling us that a CRNA needs polishing prior to going for a locum - whereas locums are actually not a big...
  16. Anesthesia Paper Ideas

    $200,000 over 4 years (including benefits) that averages out to 50,000/year that averages out to $13/hour, and after tax that is about 10-11$/hour. Still amazingly cheap labor, if you ask me. My...
  17. CRNA malpractice costs

    deepz... i am sorry if you misunderstood me. I did not imply that CRNAs aren't required to have insurance, what i was saying though is that MDs have a legislated minimum requirement of what they need...
  18. CRNA malpractice costs

    deepz, the statement you are using about the national practitioner data bank is a gross distortion that was used by the AANA in 1998/1999. If you look at the national practitioner data bank reports...