Jinx Minx wrote:
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> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news
> > In article <QRI%n.152946$wi5.106831@hurricane>,
> > ChattyCathy > wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:42:27 -0400, Goomba wrote:
> >>
> >> > ChattyCathy wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:43:42 -0400, Goomba wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>> I find it interesting that we now know that redheads (natural, not
> >> >>> bottle) require more anesthesia and pain control to get where we want
> >> >>> 'em in surgery. So it is a genetic glitch for them and one I try to
> >> >>> assess for when administering those meds to bring 'em down and out.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have to admit I'm amused by your use of the word 'we'; last I heard
> >> >> you
> >> >> were a RN... So, pray tell, when did you find the time to study (and
> >> >> go
> >> >> through an internship) to become a surgeon and/or an anesthesiologist?
> >> >> Or
> >> >> are you intimating that you know more about it than the prescribing
> >> >> specialists do?
> >> >>
> >> > I saved you the trouble and did a fast Google search on the history of
> >> > nurses and anesthesia.
> >>
> >> I rest my case...
> >
> > Sorry CC, but I think that, as much as I respect you, you missed the
> > boat on this one. Nurse Anesthetists are very valuable personnel, and
> > much less expensive than Anethesiologist (MD's) are.
> >
> > And MD's are not warranted for simple procedures such as endoscopies,
> > C-sections and some imaging procedures.
> >
> > I may not like Goomba, but that does not preclude my respecting her
> > speciality. If she is good at her job... she is worth her salt.
> > --
> > Peace! Om
> >
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>
> An MD is absolutely warranted (and required) to do a C-section. They cannot
> be done by midwives or nurse-midwives. C-sections are also not a "simple
> procedure". They are considered major surgery.
Yet in the poorest parts of the world, highly-trained midwives do
C-sections. There aren't enough trained physicians. It's that or let
mother and baby face certain death.