the language in the bill was officially changed so crnas can keep practicing safely without those unfair restrictions. i am so happy we got the facts on the table and won this for our community. thank you to everyone who spoke up and kept the pressure on.
March 1, 2019
Final supporters
On Tuesday February 5th, Florida SB732 was introduced and sponsored by Anitere Flores, R-Miami, proposing a variety of mandates to increase patient safety in office-based ambulatory surgery centers. In page 2 of 42 of SB732 it states “prohibiting performance of a level III procedure in a center unless an anesthesiologist is present and available”.
This statement can have a profound impact on the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) community servicing these centers with a proven national safety track record comparable to Medical Doctor Anesthesiologists (MDA), various studies have shown.
Unfortunately, patient deaths have occurred in the community over the past few years are an area of concern. Key parameters should be taken to enhance elements of safety, but we the CRNA community urge you Senator Flores, to review the facts. These deaths were not solely anesthesia related deaths and were not due to the type of anesthesia provider. These deaths in fact were due to surgical complications of a procedure with well known risks outside the realm of anesthesia related complications.
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Reached 500 supporters
February 7, 2019
February 7, 2019
just saw we hit 100 signatures which is wild. its great to see so many people standing up for crnas and the work we do every day. lets keep this energy going.
February 7, 2019
im honestly blown away by how much this has taken off. seeing so many people stand behind crnas right now is incredible and it proves that we arent alone in this fight.
Reached 100 supporters
February 7, 2019
February 4, 2019
we are almost at the one hundred mark and it would be awesome to hit that milestone tonight so please send this link to a few people who get why this matters. lets keep this momentum going strong so we can get folks to actually look at the facts.
119 Comments
It is a misgiving that a MDA is safer. Education on this issue is poor amongst all lay persons and not at all supported in the literature. Consider the long standing military models of anesthesia delivery to severely wounded, combat soldiers.
Unnecessary restriction of nurse anesthesiologists will have a negative impact on the great state of Florida. Providers will not want to live and practice here, thus decreasing access to safe, effective and high quality anesthesia care.
Fat embolism is a SURGICAL complication not an anesthetic complication. Perhaps fat grafting should only be performed by board certified plastic surgeons and not family doctors with no surgical training?
Perhaps the regulations should b looking at equipment used in these centers, i have recently walked out of a facility that had no EKG pads, & non functioning machine. If practitioners, be it CRNA or MDA, work with sub par equipment, they should b regulated!
The deaths that have occurred at some of these centers have been related to poor patient selection and have not been related to any airway or anesthesia difficulties. Additionally, the majority of these cases have occurred at the hands of poorly trained aggressive surgeons.
Please get all the facts before making a decision that has been put before you by persons with a purely political and financial agenda. Multiple studies have shown that anesthesia provided by CRNAs is equally as safe as anesthesia privided by phycian anesthesiologists. Please contact the FL Assoc of Nurse Anesthetists for the full picture.
This is not right stop blaming the nurses Doctors need to be held accountable.
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the language in the bill was officially changed so crnas can keep practicing safely without those unfair restrictions. i am so happy we got the facts on the table and won this for our community. thank you to everyone who spoke up and kept the pressure on.
March 1, 2019
Final supporters
On Tuesday February 5th, Florida SB732 was introduced and sponsored by Anitere Flores, R-Miami, proposing a variety of mandates to increase patient safety in office-based ambulatory surgery centers. In page 2 of 42 of SB732 it states “prohibiting performance of a level III procedure in a center unless an anesthesiologist is present and available”.
This statement can have a profound impact on the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) community servicing these centers with a proven national safety track record comparable to Medical Doctor Anesthesiologists (MDA), various studies have shown.
Unfortunately, patient deaths have occurred in the community over the past few years are an area of concern. Key parameters should be taken to enhance elements of safety, but we the CRNA community urge you Senator Flores, to review the facts. These deaths were not solely anesthesia related deaths and were not due to the type of anesthesia provider. These deaths in fact were due to surgical complications of a procedure with well known risks outside the realm of anesthesia related complications.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
February 7, 2019
February 7, 2019
just saw we hit 100 signatures which is wild. its great to see so many people standing up for crnas and the work we do every day. lets keep this energy going.
February 7, 2019
im honestly blown away by how much this has taken off. seeing so many people stand behind crnas right now is incredible and it proves that we arent alone in this fight.
Reached 100 supporters
February 7, 2019
February 4, 2019
we are almost at the one hundred mark and it would be awesome to hit that milestone tonight so please send this link to a few people who get why this matters. lets keep this momentum going strong so we can get folks to actually look at the facts.
119 Comments
I have been working in a all CRNA group, delivering office base anesthesia for over eight years. Our safety track record is 100%... bc anything less is unaccesptable. Please understand, acknowledge the hard work and safety that CRNAS bring to the anesthesia profession!
It is a misgiving that a MDA is safer. Education on this issue is poor amongst all lay persons and not at all supported in the literature. Consider the long standing military models of anesthesia delivery to severely wounded, combat soldiers.
Unnecessary restriction of nurse anesthesiologists will have a negative impact on the great state of Florida. Providers will not want to live and practice here, thus decreasing access to safe, effective and high quality anesthesia care.
Fat embolism is a SURGICAL complication not an anesthetic complication. Perhaps fat grafting should only be performed by board certified plastic surgeons and not family doctors with no surgical training?
Perhaps the regulations should b looking at equipment used in these centers, i have recently walked out of a facility that had no EKG pads, & non functioning machine. If practitioners, be it CRNA or MDA, work with sub par equipment, they should b regulated!
The deaths that have occurred at some of these centers have been related to poor patient selection and have not been related to any airway or anesthesia difficulties. Additionally, the majority of these cases have occurred at the hands of poorly trained aggressive surgeons.
Please get all the facts before making a decision that has been put before you by persons with a purely political and financial agenda. Multiple studies have shown that anesthesia provided by CRNAs is equally as safe as anesthesia privided by phycian anesthesiologists. Please contact the FL Assoc of Nurse Anesthetists for the full picture.
This is not right stop blaming the nurses Doctors need to be held accountable.
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I have been working in a all CRNA group, delivering office base anesthesia for over eight years. Our safety track record is 100%... bc anything less is unaccesptable. Please understand, acknowledge the hard work and safety that CRNAS bring to the anesthesia profession!