Core Anesthesia Template

Thank you for your patience as we released our new mobile app - We look forward to producing more anesthesia content soon! We recorded this quick episode simply to discuss some of our favorite things about the app and help you understand its features a little better. If you haven't, check it out! It is free to download...we are confident you'll find it useful as you study or look to earn...

In today's episodes we discuss several airway complications including laryngospasms, airway fires, pulmonary aspiration, and airway nerve injury. It is important to review these complications so that we can enact a plan to prevent them from occurring. We also briefly discuss management following each of these events building off of our difficult airway discussion. 

Building off of our last episode, we now discuss the management of a difficult airway. We talk through cannot intubate, cannot ventilate situations, how to prepare for an awake intubation, and evaluate closed claims analysis to identify where we can improve our management of difficult airways. 

Today is another "real talk" episode! In this episode we discuss tips we have used to form successful relationships with your clinical preceptors. Moving around to different facilities can be challenging but there are ways you can set yourself up for a great clinical day. Make sure to follow us on instagram for all of our latest content and announcements. 

Today's episode stopped just short of constructing the atom in 7th grade science class. Much of this information is basic review material but this is all fair game for boards! A clear understanding of the types of bonds, their relative strength, and how things like pressure and temperature affect substances is low hanging fruit for your board exam. 

If you haven't listened to our first episode, make sure you start there! To access our premium episodes find us on patreon and subscribe! In this episode we discuss different laws from Pv=nRT to Dalton's law to the Coanda effect and more. It is packed full of information that could be easy questions on your boards. 

In this episode we briefly discuss the A&P of the liver before discussing some common disease processes and how our anesthetic management should consider liver function.

This episode starts with the basics of CIEDs and discusses the codes and functions of implanted cardiac devices. After we review these basics, we then talk about the patient considerations and the anesthetic management of patients with CIEDs.

In this episode we discuss the receptors and neurotransmitters involved in the ANS. We talk through the adrenergic and muscarinic pathways as well as the reflexes involved with the ANS. Make sure you catch part two for the whole discussion!

This episode builds on episode 77 so make sure you start there! In this episode, we discuss many of the common medications which work within the ANS. 

It is our privilege to welcome  Dr. Gonzalez onto the podcast. Dr. Gonzalez has published extensively in the last few years on safety during upper endoscopy and we are confident you'll appreciate his discussions with us over the next two episodes. 

We welcome back Dr. Gonzalez onto the podcast for part two of our short series on upper endoscopy procedures. Dr. Gonzalez has published extensively in the last few years on safety during upper endoscopy and we are confident you'll appreciate his discussions with us over these two episodes. Make sure you check out E79 if you haven't already!

Let's talk the SEE exam! In this episode we discuss how we prepared for the SEE, how we felt as we were taking it, and what test taking strategies we used to work through the test. 

There is more to life than sugammadex?! In this episode we discuss the different uses of NMBD reversals and how you pair them with anticholinergics to minimize their physiologic effects. 

Today we are doing PART TWO of local anesthetics. The first episode is all the way back at episode 6 but we wanted to round out the content of that first episode. In this segment we discuss the specifics of local anesthetics, their PKA, onset of action, duration of action, and why you might choose one over another based on their specific profiles. 

Here is our all-in-one episode for airway assessments and airway equipment! While we often combine many of these assessments, it is important that we identify each one individually and understand their unique importance. Following our discussion of the various assessments, we dive into the many different types of airway equipment and their respective uses. 

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. 

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 to school, and even how the podcast began. We hope this episode is helpful, especially for those of you who are considering anesthesia school! 

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 various tubes you might want to use for intubation and also discuss with the surgeon to see if they have a preference for the type of anesthetic. 

In this episode, we discuss the heart's conduction system, how to measure cardiac rhythms, and how to interpret EKGs. You know, all the things you've learned, forgotten, learned, forgotten...Hopefully this can be a quick resource to refresh your understanding!

Buckle up...this episode is a lot. Normally we like to discuss topics in general themes and then work though some specifics. Unfortunately, there really isn't a better way to capture this content other than simply stating the facts. In today's episode, we discuss the characteristics of various rhythms and how to differentiate them from one another.  

In today's episode we share some of the challenges we've experienced during anesthesia school. Each phase of  school seems to bring on new,  unique hardships. Often feelings of anxiety and depression are internalized and you may be tempted to feel like you are the only one struggling. We've got news for ya, YOU'RE NOT. In this episode we simply discuss our battles with mental h...

Here we discuss a typical carotid care plan. Make sure you are ready to manage that blood pressure! 

BASICS. Today we discuss strategies for performing a general induction and emergence. If you are a seasoned SRNA or a practicing CRNA,  this episode is probably not for you! This episode is aimed at helping SNRAs transition into clinicals and providing some simple tools to think about as you begin your time at the head of the bed. 

Today we cover a care plans for colonoscopy, EGD, and ERCP procedures. These might seem like "easier" days but they are great opportunities to develop critical skills of tailoring medication administrations so your patients are comfortable while maintaining their airway.