Core Anesthesia

For today's care plan we discuss the FESS procedure. This is a fairly common ENT procedure that you will most likely encounter early on in your training. It is important that you think about the vario...

16 Jan 20211min

In today's episode we take a break from our usual discussions to talk about our journey to CRNA school. We talk about how we decided on anesthesia as a career, our differing ICU experiences leading up...

31 Dec 202027min

While there are certainly specifics which differentiate specific back cases, today we discuss the overarching principles that you should consider while doing a general back case. To access all of o...

28 Dec 20201min

Today's episode walks through the basic care plan for a parathyroidectomy. You'll be drawing PTH levels throughout the case so think ahead about where you'll have access for blood draws. Also, pay att...

15 Dec 20201min

In today's episode we discuss management of patients with burn injuries. Patient's with burn injuries will present differently depending on when in their recovery timeline we provide anesthesia. It is...

6 Dec 202031min

This case will most likely be your bread and butter as you begin doing generals. Pay attention to your respiratory mechanics while they insuflate the abdomen and keep an eye on your EtCO2 levels! To...

1 Dec 20201min

In today's episode we discuss the physiology of diastolic and systolic heart failure. We then discuss the management of HR, CO, pre-load, and after-load to appropriately manage these patients. To ac...

22 Nov 20201min

In this episode we briefly discuss the normal physiology and blood flow through the heart. We move on to talk about the left side of the heart and how stenosis and regurgitation affect pressures, volu...

22 Nov 202034min