Our first trip to the OR...

Look at all of those excited faces!!




Today we went on a tour of the OR. Wow was it confusing. Pretty much every single one of us got turned around in there at some point. Outpatient holding, inpatient holding, PACU, second PACU but only after first cases, CT, Specials, inpatient OR, outpatient OR, pediatric OR, regional anesthesia and acute pain clinic ~ how are we ever going to keep all of this straight. Soon enough, we'll have the chance to figure it all out! Then we'll be wondering how it ever seemed confusing. We can't wait for the OR, but the best part about getting close to clinicals is that we are almost done with all of our Basics of Anesthesia exams! We've almost made it through the toughest two months of our lives!

Skills Lab

After all of the ECG fun, we went down to the skills lab to practice securing airways. We practiced securing adult and infant airways, did nasal and fiber optic intubations and used the light wands, LMA's and fast trachs. The best part of the lab was laughing so hard at each other when we rocked against the mannequins teeth and heard the alarm that went along with it. Laura and Anne were the funniest about it! Amy and Kathryn stayed true to form and kept things interesting as well. This definitely has to be the best group that has gone through WFUBMC NAP ever!!

ECG's from scratch...

Today Dr. Rieker had us come up to the front of the class in pairs and draw out whatever ECG rhythm he gave us. It turned out to be a little more difficult than we had first expected. We had some good laughs, learned more about ECG's, and learned that LaShaunda is the girl to go to for help with them!

Ploss Cart Set Up

Today we went down to the Mock OR in our groups to learn how to set up the Ploss cart. Only a little over a month now till our first official clinical day. Care plans here we come!!

All About Airways...

Today was all about airways. In the morning we had a lecture on the anatomy of the airway and then in the afternoon we had the opportunity to go to the cadaver lab and put it all together by seeing the real thing. We were shown the structures and vessels that we had just learned about and were also given the chance to try out different techniques used to secure an airway. We used bougies, light wands, glidescopes, and were shown how to perform a cricothyrotomy. We're getting excited for the OR!

CRNA Mentor Breakfast

Getting our ear pieces made....

Tuesdays at UNCG

This is the class where the voice recorders really come out. Our first couple of lectures were given by the world reknowned Sandra Ouelette. She is an amazing icon and incredibly intelligent, but WOW does she talk fast. Our heads were spinning within the first hour of our four hour lecture!


Good one Dave, too funny! If only we could doze off for 10 minutes during Sandra's lecture and not miss a whole chapter of info!