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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    wtbcrna replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The NIH takes all their potential and infected waste and sterilizes it prior to actually of turning it over for normal waste disposal. I would imagine they are doing something similar at this hospital...
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    Flu Vaccines. A Hassle?

    wtbcrna replied to ChooSoul's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Coincidence is not causation. There are massive amounts of information on vaccine efficacy and safety that are just a couple of clicks away. All reported incidents of possible vaccine complications...
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    Jane Fitch MD, prior CRNA, now Anesthesiologist elected president ASA

    wtbcrna replied to puppies'n kittens's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The Cochrane reviews are basically only good for comparing large randomized trials with similar methods that can compared statistically. Since, we rarely would just assign one patient to one type of...
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    Growing Up Unvaccinated

    wtbcrna posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    "I am the 70s child of a health nut. I wasn't vaccinated. I was brought up on an incredibly healthy diet: no sugar til I was one, breastfed for over a year, organic homegrown vegetables, raw milk, no...
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    MNA sues Brigham and Women's hospital over mandatory Flu vaccine

    wtbcrna replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The problem with masks is very few people wear them properly. You are supposed to change them regularly, anytime they get wet (you sneeze/cough then you are supposed to change your mask), and people...
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    Toxic flu H1N1 hospitalizes nurse for months -54 days on ECMO

    wtbcrna replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - Wikipedia, the free
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    MNA sues Brigham and Women's hospital over mandatory Flu vaccine

    wtbcrna replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They can always just change the policy to flu vaccine or mask or find another
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    MNA sues Brigham and Women's hospital over mandatory Flu vaccine

    wtbcrna replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It will be interesting to see how the other hospitals were able to institute the policy of mandatory flu vaccines without a legal obstacle. My stance is still the same though public health trumps...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    6 Steps to an Effective Literature Search | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | LSHTM Locating and Evaluating Scholarly Articles - UMUC Library VM -- Rating Evidence in Medical...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    NO ALL VACCINATIONS are not REQUIRED as children. Some vaccines are optional and it depends mostly on the state which you live in, and if since all of our children and ourselves depend on everyone...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You are so wrong, and completely refuse to look at anything in the literature. Immunosuppressed people can get vaccines/flu vaccines but they do not get the live form of the vaccine. Every place that...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Lack of transparency would be having a closed adverse reaction data-base or confidentially agreements on claims against vaccine reactions. Just because someone doesn't take the time to do simple...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wow, you have concluded what the scientific literature states without even looking in the literature. That is amazing. The point is out of tens of thousands of articles whatever your concern about...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    1. Please, state how having a public database that is open to all researchers is showing a lack of transparency. Also, can you name one other medication that has been as vigorously studied as...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am going keep saying the same thing you either provide some peer-reviewed scientific evidence to support your argument or you have nothing to debate. The point with Wakefield, if you have followed...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wakefield did state that the MMR vaccine caused autism. Andrew Wakefield’s many statements that MMR causes autism | Left Brain Right Brain He did not do so in his paper, but he did so on more than...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The way you debate a scientific issue that has multitudes of research is by producing research that supports X point of view.What you do not do is take an article out of context and say this proves X...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    [h=3]"What happened in 1976 with GBS and the swine flu vaccine?[/h]In 1976 there was a small increased risk of GBS following vaccination with an influenza vaccine made to protect against a swine flu...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I cannot see anything more scientific to state that you either accept the overall consensus of scientific literature, or you dismiss it based on personal beliefs. It is important to know where our...
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    The flu vaccine & GBS

    wtbcrna replied to emtb2rn's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Actually, no they never came out and said it was linked together. What was stated was there seemed to be an increase incidence around vaccine recipients. [h=5]"Guillain-Barré Syndrome[/h]What NIIP...
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    PRE CRNA

    wtbcrna replied to jayp213's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The purpose of the DNAP/DNP is to prepare the clinician for the future. It is supposed to make providers better at evaluating research and bringing that research into practice, if you are looking for...
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    Career project for school

    wtbcrna replied to kb1995's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists | Anesthesia Care You can use this link for more
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    Career project for school

    wtbcrna replied to kb1995's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It depends on the practice model. I am military so I work in an independent practice model i.e. I do not report to anyone as far as a hierarchy goes in the OR, and I am only immediately accountable to...
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    Steps to become a CRNA?

    wtbcrna replied to Rectaltylenol's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    No, but at least I have experience teaching pharmacy students during their clinical rotations. I got to learn a lot from those students. Their world is totally different than
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    Steps to become a CRNA?

    wtbcrna replied to Rectaltylenol's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Before you even think about switching you should some time shadowing some nurses and at least one