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1. an interesting and somewhat ignorant article title

   sc17 replied to zrmorgan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   You think you know how to bag-mask ventilate, but you don't. Proper mask ventilation can be quite difficult. Most RNs and RTs I see are TERRIBLE at it in the ICU or anywhere. Anesthesia providers...

2. Not trying to stir up bad ideas, but......

   sc17 replied to Brian_SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   an-es-the-si-ol-o-gy (ns-thz-l-j) n. The medical specialty concerned with the pharmacological, physiological, and clinical basis of anesthesia, including resuscitation, intensive respiratory care, and...

3. Not trying to stir up bad ideas, but......

   sc17 replied to Brian_SRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   ANESTHESIOLOGY is the practice of medicine. The term "nurse anesthesiology" is incorrect. You are not a physician and you do not practice anesthesiology. Nurse anesthesia is a more accurate

4. Surgery death blamed on jealous former classmate

   sc17 replied to canoehead's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   The only reason the surgeon was sued is $$$$$. Regardless of who is really responsible (or supervising) the scumbag lawyers will name anyone involved in the case with deep pockets. If an...

5. MAC explanation

   sc17 replied to badgernurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   mac is all of these things above, but the simplest way of thinking about it is as a standardized measurement of anesthetic gas level, whether you are using sevo, des, iso, etc, or n2o (these agents...

6. MDA residency

   sc17 replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   At my hospital residents finish an internship (could be internal medicine, surgery, or combination of the two and others) then 3 years of anesthesia. Last month of internship is anesthesia paired up...

7. New Pro MDA resident training bill

   sc17 replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   This attitude is exactly why there are conflicts between anesthesiologists, anesthesiology residents, and CRNA/SRNA. Why are crnas against a bill that would help anesthesiology training programs?...

8. Common practice in the USA

   sc17 replied to dzenkipenki's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

9. Common practice in the USA

   sc17 replied to dzenkipenki's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   The most common practice of anesthesia in this country is the anesthesia care team where a CRNA and an anesthesiologist work together to provide an anesthetic. In this model the CRNA has variable...

10. Md's Against Crna's?

    sc17 replied to LLL123's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This is a very arrogant and uncalled for statement. You may very well be more intelligent than many physicans, but to belittle their education and years of hardwork by crediting it to their...

11. When would you use a longer IV cath?

    sc17 replied to amberrn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    for one thing longer caths are easier for ej's and other veins which tend to roll around under the skin. You may have to travel farther under the skin before you actually enter the vein, thus a...

12. Airway management mishap results in tragic outcome

    sc17 replied to Athlein1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    As one of the above posters stated this may have been initial management of a recognized difficult airway. One management strategy is "awake" blind nasal intubation where the patient is kept...