Archive for February, 2005
Anesthesia Book list
Posted by: | CommentsCurrently I am in the process of compiling a list of books for a anesthesia library. Now you might think that this would be an easy task but forgive me its not. The way I envision it, the list would have a small picture of the book to the left and it would be clickable right to Amazon.com/
All Consuming has a great service that automates this kind of thing. I have used them in the past and have been fairly happy with the results. However, this time I would like to do my own thing and not rely on the All Consuming servers. Sometimes they go down with heavy traffic which seems to be growing lately. If you care to you can check out the link to Anesthesia Library up under “Pages”. Currently I am still using the All Consuming folks but this may change very shortly.
Experimenting with WordPress and the Custom Field feature is another thing that I have been trying to do. So this is a work in progress. So much to learn and do its staggering but could I think of a more fun thing to do at the moment?
The Average Man
Posted by: | CommentsI have always been fascinated with what the Average Man is and does. Not that I would ever want to think of myself as average that would be too cruel. In the end though, we are all average or within the curve. Some may just fall somewhere near the edges a little more than others.
What strikes me the most is our commonality? We are so much the same and this is what I have been exploring these last few years. As you may know, The Extremist Blog has moved to a slightly new location on the server. I will have to go back and make sure all of the links are correct and working after the move. What is new is a total revamp of the site, “DavidGodden.com” into WordPress software.
As a tribute to this makeover and move I have decided to change the name of the Blog to something a little less pretences. The Extremist is still active but not my main face. In the end, The Extremist was an experiment in exploring the curves edges. What I face daily is that striving for excellence does not take away the constant struggle to move to the center. “Moderation is a difficult thing to find” This is also true. So if you enjoy confusion, extremism and the struggle to fit in and be “normal” I guess this Blog will have some value. It does for me at least.
Enjoy and realize that I will be posting to “The Average Man” from here on out.
The Eye Room
Posted by: | CommentsThe Eye Room is a magical place where everyone has a little fun. Most of the cases there are done under local with retrobulbar blockade and sedation. Just the ticket for an eye ball procedure.
Occasionally, mostly on Wednesdays, there are General Anesthesia cases for eyes. These proceedures are usually open globe surgeries in youngsters or for patients that do not want to be awake. I have only been in this room twice so I’m no expert like Sue who is the Queen of the Eye Room. I spent two wonderful days with her and Kari learning about MAC (Monitored Anesthesia Care) cases and the wonderful people that need surgery for there eye problems.
Dr Raphael pictured here is one of the kindest physicians that I have worked with in a long time anywhere. During this one case he single handedly calmed a patient down and made it possible for the surgery to take place just by being kind to his patient. Working with this caliber of physician is a privilege and one of the great perks for being in this Anesthesia Program at LAC-USC. YeeeeHawwww!! Go Trojans.
Sue has been a Nurse Anesthetist for a long time and one of the Queens of Eye Anesthesia. You can get an appreciation for these things after you see what goes into keeping these patients safe under anesthesia. The goal for anesthesia is to keep the patients eyes free from increased pressure that may happen easily if knowledge and skill are not combined. Sue is a master of this technique and it was wonderful being with her for a couple of days doing eye anesthesia.
Read Blogs and Be Happy
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This is a great picture. I am not sure where I found it but it fits. When you are feeling down and there is nothing to do, Read Blogs and Be Happy.
Or, if you read the sign correctly, Read Blogs Be Wise!
Have a great Week.
Nurse Anesthetist
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The new Nurse Anesthetist site is finally up. For me this is supposed to be a study weekend but I have found myself distracted a little bit working on the new web site. Its all good because I spent all of Saturday with the books and this afternoon will be no exception.
NurseAnesthetist.org is going to be really GREAT! I called my friend, the Wild Mexican from Los Angeles now living in Buffalo New York, to let her know about the site. Josette is a Student Nurse Anesthetist at the University of Buffalo and will be a regular contributor to the new web page. Hopefully she will be able to recruit a couple of her fellow students to participate and send in their stories, observations and articles about what they are learning in school. This is the plan.
Nurse Anesthesia is a fantastic field for professional practice and there are just too few resources on the World Wide Web to highlight what it is that CRNA’s (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) do from a personal perspective. The aim of this new web site will be to highlight the stories of practicing Nurse Anesthetists as well as the experiences of students like myself. The insight into this world of Nurse Anesthesia from all angles will be the focus of the site.
This last week I had a conversation with a Program Director from a local School of Nurse Anesthesia. Maybe we will have the treat of seeing an article or two on some topic in anesthesia, who knows? So, it is looking up for Nurse Anesthetist Org. Come by and have a look around. Tell your friends and especially those that are interested in becoming a Nurse Anesthetist. This is going to be really good.
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