tales from the nurse anesthesia front, and some other yarns
Posted in Pain-blog carnival on Dec 31st, 2007
December’s Pain Blog Carnival is now up at How To Cope With Pain. New bloggers are always welcome, and I’m grateful for my inclusion.
Thank you, T. at Anesthesioboist, for your validating article. Hopefully more and more people will become acutely aware of how we are all being hijacked.
And finally,
Thank you, as always for all of […]
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, YOU, patients on Dec 29th, 2007
Not the best news for the New Year, but something that we all need to be aware of and get a little outraged over, just the same.
I have already written before about how Propofol is your friend and mine. Now, some insurance companies have determined that its use is medically unnecessary for colonoscopies. This is […]
Posted in Change of Shift on Dec 29th, 2007
Check it out at BrainScramble’s blog!
Posted in Grand Rounds on Dec 26th, 2007
This week’s Grand Rounds, volume 4, number 14, is being held at medGadget, with a special collection of blogger links shared for the Christmas day edition. Enjoy the gift of great medical blog-reading.
Speaking of sharing, may I direct your attention to In Sickness and In Health? Barbara’s blog is always stimulating and thought-provoking, frequently stirring; this time […]
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, patients, Trauma, Operating Room, hospital, Surgery on Dec 23rd, 2007
It’s that most wonderful time of the year, and I am gearing up for my annual Christmas call marathon. I go in to work at the hospital on Christmas eve day, and go home the morning after Christmas. Yeah, yeah, it’s about 48 hours, give or take, but it’s a worthwhile thing to do, and […]
Posted in Surgery, Surgexperiences on Dec 22nd, 2007
Buckeye Surgeon has done a fantastic job as host of this edition of SurgeXperiences. Stop by for a real insider’s view. Thank you for including me, Dr. Buckeye.
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, CRNA, patients, Labor & Delivery, hospital on Dec 20th, 2007
This past Saturday I was covering obstetrics, better known as OB, attending to the needs of women in various stages of labor and delivery.
A woman in the throes of labor is a force to be reckoned with. In between contractions, she is an expectant mom, filled with worries and concerns, generally cooperative and conversant. During […]
Posted in Grand Rounds on Dec 18th, 2007
It’s up and cleverly running at
Trick-Cycling for Beginners.
I have never haiku’d. Can you?
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, CRNA, patients, Operating Room, Surgery on Dec 17th, 2007
There is nothing more instantly gratifying for an anesthesia provider than relieving someone’s pain. This can be both the lure and the catch that reels in so many nurses and physicians that go into this specialty.
When patients are asleep for surgery, we deliver some of their analgesia proactively, in anticipation of the expected pain; and […]
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, patients, obesity, Operating Room, airways, hospital, Surgery on Dec 14th, 2007
Yesterday, like most days, my patients came in all different shapes, sizes, and situations.
Patient #1 was petite and frail, in her early 60’s, and only 5′ tall. She had the body habitus that we who work in the OR always love to see. Light as a feather, and easily lifted and re-positioned. Which we needed to do […]
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