"Awareness under Anesthesia" featuring Dr. Dinner (AnesthesiaMD)

"What if I'm awake during surgery and you don't know it as the anesthesiologist?" Doctor Dinner, Anesthesiologist of New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, explains how unusual awareness is under general anesthesia, but explains methods for keeping track of patients should it occur.

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[amandaslippers]

im scared now

[Niickk58]

lol at 0:33 i think thats was a buff doctor lol.

[hikerdude4000]

@Niickk58 definetly

[remvssf223]

Thanks Kristina-yes, CRNA's are board certified as nurses and anesthesiologists are certified as physicians. One place here uses both, the other says that they do not employ CRNA's because the surgeon's want their patients to have anesthesiologists not nurses (CRNA's).....I'm a pilot and don't know anything about medicine; this conflict has me skipping surgery until I sort it out. My PCC says CRNA's are o.k. for outpatient, simple cases......

[Kristinaking11]

CRNA's ARE board certified. They follow strict AANA as well as ASA gidelines. Take a look at the new law passed for CRNA's in the state of CA. This may b of interest to u. Bottom line as a patient-you have the right to ask questions about anesthesia care to your anesth provider. As a pt you have the right to know all the risks,benefits & alt of care. ANY provider CRNA/MDA are specifically trained to prov effective Balanced Anesthesia and be able to respond to pts physiol chngs there of.

[remvssf223]

Kristina-when I asked my surgeon who he wanted to do his anestrhesia and he said that he would prefer a board-certified anesthesiologist to a nurse; BUT he added that an experienced CRNA would be better than a green MD resident.....so the title thing is misleading....The anesthesia chief said that their CRNA's are MD-supervised; then one of the CRNA's told me that there are days when no anesthesia MD is available and the place still runs normally...so go figure...I'll skip my surgery for now

[Kristinaking11]

Were you your own patient advocate to begin with?

[Kristinaking11]

Wow! Jerry is ignorant! Is ur "MDA" a resident with minimal clinical experience? Have they developed skills that assist in understanding how to critically think or basically interact with patients? CRNA's have a BSN 1st, then 3 years of hands on critical care experience, 2-3 more yrs of Anesthesia schoool, another 1200-2000 plus hours of clinical practice with an anesthesiologist or experienced CRNA prior to credentialing. Then a long national comprehensive anesthesia exam to be credentialed.

[08mike11]

um CRNAs are qualified to give anesthetics.. What do you think the name means? Wow...

Goex2f, it wasn't a problem of having a CRNA vs. an Anesthesiologist ding your anesthesia. It was the problem that the person in charge had a high disregard for your quality of life. Not all CRNAs are like that, and im sure there are some MDAs who would be like that. Its very individualized.

[goex2f]

Claus-CRNA's have a much higher rate of documented errors and omission errors than MDA's; 2-3X depending on the study quoted. These are the kinds of errors that lead to awareness.