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  1. Malignant Hyperthermia..

    rn29306 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The dreaded event happend today. I was prepping for a scheduled case today and observed the OR pharmacist scrambling around for bottles of Dantrolene. Being a glutton for punishment and an adrenaline...

  2. CRNA to Flight Nurse?

    rn29306 posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    How hard would it be for a CRNA to become a Flight Nurse? I have worked prehospital as an RN on a Critical Care ambulance that also responded to emergent calls, have CCEMT-P cert, and have the...

  3. SRNA to CRNA transition blues.......

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

    Very

  4. Nitrogen Wash Out

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

    Not that I was there, so don't kill the messenger. I've intubated several 400 'pounders using the Glidescope right off the bat, one of them was a post-op carotid rebleed. I felt in those couple...

  5. Spanish phrases for anethesia

    rn29306 replied to SRNA11's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    yeah that too. what i was told anyways. i see i stand corrected. seems to work in the drug induced haze of waking up, but i'll take note of the correction for future

  6. CRNA v/s anesthesia resident in OR

    rn29306 replied to cheat25's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I totally agree. Why would you want to compete with residents? Its just asking for trouble and mismanagement. You would serve yourself well during school and later on in life by going to a...

  7. Spanish phrases for anethesia

    rn29306 replied to SRNA11's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    this phrase is accompanied best by a couple good chest rubs: resperdo perfundo means to breathe

  8. Non anesthesia provider providing anesthesia

    rn29306 replied to EMS/ICU/SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Do you dictate the adminstration of propofol? How are you administering the drug, ie: bolus to titration of effect or via pump at a specific

  9. Common ER Meds

    rn29306 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Amidate or its other name etomidate. Any anesthesia reference will give you all you need to

  10. propofol

    rn29306 replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Our EP lab, when doing implanted debifs, does their own sedation with EP RNs doing fent / versed CS and the surgeon uses liberal amounts of local in the pocket. For testing and sensing, they call us...

  11. Opinions re: Mercer University (Macon, GA) and/or UNCC (Charlotte, NC)

    rn29306 replied to glhrn's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I know mercer is incredibly competative. I also know the director there. He used to be our assistant director. Everything he has told me has been extremely promising about the

  12. propofol

    rn29306 replied to popbob's topic in Emergency

    Common misnomer about egg allergies and propofol....People see that propofol is made "from eggs" and simply make their own assumptions without further investigating. Straight from Morgan and Mikhail:...

  13. Ketamine for conscious sedation in peds in the ED

    rn29306 replied to nanb's topic in Emergency

    You beat me to it. Very nice illustration of ICP and why ketamine was probably the WORST agent to use in this

  14. Propofol providers

    rn29306 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Oh boy. Check this out. Seems the misunderstanding cowboys have gotten together, united, and formed a coalition of "just enough sedation" propofol providers and spewed forth some not exactly factual...

  15. Why IV pumps for Central Lines?

    rn29306 replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    Or perhaps a

  16. Nurse Anesthesia Board Exam Advice

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

    Take this for what it's worth. Ask around and see if the same thing is being reported. I guy in the class above me said there wasn't much of anything from Valley on the test when he took it last...

  17. CRNAs with previous misdemeanors?

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

    State boards can be fairly rough, but hospital credentialing agencies are TOUGH. Background investigation by credentialing boards of hospitals makes state board inquiries look like cake. Not saying...

  18. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    Read post 95. I responded to it. How in the world are you going to pin bringing up abortion on me? Have you honesly read the previous posters or was it a knee-jerk reaction just because you didn't...

  19. Anectine/Propofol for LMA insertion

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

    Usually offset by an increase in LES tone. But hey, patients don't often play by the rules or read the same books we do. That'd be too easy - wouldn't

  20. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    so what do you think you become as you exit your mother (whichever way you came out)? do you think this is like that board game where you stop at go, collect a soul, become a human, get your rear end...

  21. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    If the situation were where YOU are the parent and had a son or daughter molested by a sexual predator or say your mother/father/significant other was murdered by some crackhead for $20 I can promise...

  22. Death Penalty Anesthesia

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

    Time of death is noted for the time at which the MD at the bedside in the ICU completed all brain death trials and subsequent patient failing all the accepted trials. Find the death certificate on...

  23. Brain Book Advice

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

    A much better book, similar weight, size and more informative is Handbook of Anesthesiology. Amazon.com has it for less than 20 bucks. Imagine the Mass book condensed... Handbook of Anesthesiology...

  24. Anectine/Propofol for LMA insertion

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

    I for one have never heard of this and for the life of me can't figure out how 20 mg of anectine is honestly going to make that much difference in LMA insertion. The risk / benefit in this situation...

  25. prescriptive authority

    rn29306 replied to athomas91's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    very nice.