MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 5000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'The Extremist' source. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:48:00 +0100 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/03/saga-continues-at-average-man.html Greetings, (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477021 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477021 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/02/six-weeks-at-lac-usc.html The first half of our clinical rotations are coming after 6 weeks at LAC-USC hospital. Part of me is so exhausted and the other is jumping around so excited to be doing anesthesia at Los Angeles County Medical Center. This place is at the center of the Los Angeles Health Care system for the indigent and trauma cases. (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477023 Sun, 27 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477023 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/02/average-man.html I 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. (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477024 Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477024 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/02/read-blogs-and-be-happy.html (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477025 Mon, 14 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477025 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/02/nurse-anesthetist.html 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. (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477026 Sun, 13 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477026 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/02/study-time-for-pathophysiology.html Uggggh! Test time coming this Monday and it's hard to start reviewing. My brain is tired after a long week of OR time at LAC-USC. "Focus, focus, hocus pocus .... What ever it takes to get down to business and do the work that needs to be done to do well for this exam". This is the self talk that goes on sometimes in the wee hours of the morning and long into the night. To become a CRNA is a lot of work, we all knew this when we started. Now is the crunch time. (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477027 Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477027 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/02/chinese-new-year-2005.html (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477028 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477028 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/02/valley-anesthesia-sweat-book.html Studying anesthesia didactic is an arduous task. The achievement of foundational basic knowledge is the goal of every Nurse Anesthetist Student (SRNA). Between pathophysiology and pharmacology alone a mountain of information is piled very high that literally takes years to get comfortable with. For the SRNA becoming a competent practitioner requires lots of study time. Lots! Valley Anesthesia Review to the rescue. The Valley Anesthesia people offer a review course that is designed to assist with the students' studies and direct the focus for preparing for the National Certifying Exam for Nurse Anesthetists. The national organization for nurse anesthetists, the AANA, conducts the certifying exam for graduates of approved nurse anesthesia programs once the student has graduated and is prepared. So what does all this mean? Today I received in the mail the 2005 Sweat Book from Valley Anesthesia. This is a thick review in outline form of much of the pertinent information that is at the heart of the Certifying Exam. Currently the first year students at the USC Nurse Anesthesia Program are studying pathophysiology and advanced pharmacology. In looking through the Sweat Book, this is what the Valley Anesthesia folks call it; I noticed that a lot of the detail of what we are studying now is covered. Great! I can study for current didactic and review for boards at the same time. How cool is that. Actually, the Sweat Book will help to direct my readings in other texts that are available. There is a very nice list of Anesthesia Text books listed here on the web site if you are interested. The text that has proven most useful lately is the Robert Stoelting and Stephen Dierdorf edition, "Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease." All of the relevant pathophysiology and anesthetic implications for most conditions are elucidated clearly in this text. Co-Existing Disease is very cleanly written, precise and to the point as well as eminently readable. This is difficult for subjects that of necessity cover a lot of scientific material. There is a little handbook that is a companion volume for this text as well. It fits inside of a lab coat pocket nicely and carries well in the clinical arena. Again, very cool especially when doing preoperative assessments or looking up a disease process that should be reviewed before an anesthetic. Valley Anesthesia Review course is booked! Several of my classmates have booked a trip back to Ohio for next fall. Yes, it is almost a year away but these classes fill up quickly. This will give us 6 months to review before our Certifying exam which will not be scheduled for about a year and one half. We have a ways to go yet you see. I have been thinking of inviting several of my classmates to participate in this log of our journey through Nurse Anesthesia School. It could be something like a Travels with Charley saga, you never know. (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477029 Mon, 07 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477029 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/02/trauma-or-and-burns.html This past week I spent time in the trauma OR room and Friday was spent in the hot Burn OR for two cases. We are adding up our cases, tallying our statistics on Medatrax (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477030 Sun, 06 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477030 http://www.davidgodden.com/blog/2005/01/monday-monday-so-good-to-me.html Monday, Monday (Source: The Extremist) The Extremist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=477031 Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:00:00 +0100 477031