Anesthesia Guidebook
105 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 171 ratingsAnesthesia Guidebook is the go-to guide for anesthesia providers who want to master their craft.
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#105 – The Impact of Precepting on Clinical Learning
February 21, 2024 17:42 - 34 minutes - 38 MBWhat’s up yall! This is Jon Lowrance and this is episode 105 of Anesthesia Guidebook – the impact of precepting on clinical learning with Jennifer Heiden. This episode is coming out on February 21, 2024. Jennifer Heiden is completing her Doctor of Nursing Practice in anesthesiology at the University of Arizona and this podcast is part of […]
#104 – At-home cardiorespiratory events following ambulatory surgery – Chuck Biddle, PhD, CRNA
January 28, 2024 19:55 - 31 minutes - 32.2 MBChuck Biddle PhD, CRNA is a Professor Emeritus of anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University and served as the editor in chief of the AANA Journal for 35 years. His anesthesia education & master’s degree are from Old Dominion University and he completed his PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Missouri. Chuck is one […]
#103 – Dexmedetomidine Deep Dive with Eliana Zimmerman
January 22, 2024 01:46 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBWhat’s up folks! This is Jon Lowrance with Anesthesia Guidebook and this is episode 103… a deep dive on dexmedetomidine with Eliana Zimmerman. This episode is coming out on January 21, 2024. Before we get to the show I want to remind folks that I’ll be speaking in person at the Encore Symposiums’ Autumn in […]
#102 – Marriage + Anesthesia School with Brad & Madisson Marcum
January 13, 2024 18:55 - 46 minutes - 49.8 MBBrad & Madisson Marcum join me to talk about the dynamics of being married and going to anesthesia school together. They met in nursing school, had divergent paths professionally for a bit, with Brad starting nurse practitioner school and Madisson considering anesthesia school. They ended up sharing the same goal of becoming CRNAs and we […]
#101 – EKG Lead Selection for Perioperative Monitoring – Mark Kossick, DNSc, CRNA
January 07, 2024 10:27 - 37 minutes - 38.3 MBThis is an incredibly special podcast that I’m thrilled to pull forward from our old show, From the Head of the Bed, to Anesthesia Guidebook. I love that this episode is number 101 because EKG lead selection should be 101-level knowledge for anesthesia providers, yet so many folks have not mastered this fundamental knowledge as […]
#100 – Vantage Point January 2024
December 31, 2023 16:29 - 23 minutes - 27.5 MBHave you noticed how stoked podcasters get about their one hundredth episodes? It’s kind of a thing. If you want to hear interesting shows – check out the hundredth episodes. Or 200th. Or 1000th. Podcasters usually get super stoked about hitting triple digits with their shows and often set up the number 100 episode as some sort […]
#99 – The Effects of Anesthesia School Didactic Formatting on Resident Wellbeing – Cassie Capps
December 26, 2023 19:40 - 18 minutes - 19.9 MBCassie Capps, BSN, SRNA joins me to talk about the effects of didactic formatting in anesthesia training on resident wellbeing including stress, anxiety, confidence and academic performance. Her specific focus is on the mix of online versus in-person course work for nurse anesthesia trainees. Cassie overviews what the literature says about this topic and is […]
#98 – A Deep Dive on Ketorolac with Elisabeth Stewart, MSN, MSNA, CRNA
December 06, 2023 20:07 - 29 minutes - 36.1 MBElisabeth Stewart, MSN, MSNA, CRNA focused her Master of Science in Nurse Anesthesia project on the pharmacology of Toradol (ketorolac) and she’s here today to tell us all about it. Elisabeth hails from Wisconsin, holds a BS in Mathematics with a pre-med concentration and engaged in HeLa cell cancer research prior to going to nursing […]
#97 – Safety is a capacity
September 13, 2023 15:29 - 16 minutes - 20.5 MBWhat up folks! This is another short podcast on the idea that safety is a capacity, not an outcome. This idea comes out of Todd Conklin & Sidney Dekker’s work on organizational safety where they discuss two ways of looking at safety: The Safety 1 Perspective or the old way of thinking is that safety […]
#96 – Virtual Reality in Anesthesia Education: SIMVANA with Peter Stallo
August 04, 2023 16:52 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBWhat up yall this is Jon Lowrance and this is episode 96 – virtual reality in anesthesia education: SIMVANA with Peter Stallo. This show is coming out in early August of 2023. First up: I want to give a quick heads up that our team from Maine Medical Center where I currently serve as […]
#95 – Could ChatGPT be a CRNA?
June 05, 2023 21:30 - 44 minutes - 52.6 MBQuick 5-Question Post Podcast Survey HERE Today I’m joined by John Fratianni who created the content for this episode as part of his Doctorate in Nurse Anesthesia Practice at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. John earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master of Science […]
#94 – Shorts – Cue Ball
May 17, 2023 01:03 - 13 minutes - 17.5 MBAll right what’s up folks this is Jon Lowrance and it’s May 16, 2023. This is episode 94 – and I’m calling it “shorts: cue ball.” And I don’t mean shorts like the things you wear but shorts like, this will be brief and there will be more episodes like this to come… you know, […]
#93 – OR Fires with April Bourgoin, DNAP, CRNA
February 12, 2023 19:12 - 38 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this episode, I speak with Dr April Bourgoin, DNAP, CRNA about operating room fires – how they can start and how we can respond to them as anesthesia providers. This show was originally released in 4 years ago in February of 2019 on the podcast From the Head of the Bed and was recorded […]
#92 – How to Prevent Periprosthetic Joint Infections with Brian McGrory, MD
January 28, 2023 18:31 - 44 minutes - 56.4 MBIf you get this post by email: THANK YOU! You’re in a select group of supporters of the show who have followed the posts on the website and I can’t thank you enough. Your interest, feedback and willingness to share these episodes with your friends & colleagues is much appreciated. Shoot me a reply, social […]
#91 – Vantage Point for January 2023
January 22, 2023 11:22 - 17 minutes - 22.3 MBWhat up yall. This is Jon Lowrance. I’m still here. 😂 We’re still here. This is the first episode of 2023 and the first episode on Anesthesia Guidebook since October – October! I’m so glad to get back to the podcast and bring you this update. This is a re-cap of the last few months […]
#90 – The Environmental Impact of Desflurane with Jacob Bonnema
October 05, 2022 18:58 - 35 minutes - 40.9 MBClimate crisis is a growing global health problem, one which the field of anesthesia contributes to with its use of volatile anesthetic gases. This podcast is part of the doctoral project of Jacob Bonnema and it aims to increase knowledge and awareness of the environmental effects of volatile gases, particularly desflurane, to empower providers to […]
#89 – Distraction in the OR with Heather Turcotte, DO
September 05, 2022 17:02 - 37 minutes - 45.6 MBWhat’s up y’all this is Jon Lowrance and this is episode 89 – Distraction in the OR with Heather Turcotte, DO. Y’all, I am so stoked to bring you this conversation… I caught up with Dr Turcotte earlier this summer as she was finishing her residency in anesthesia and I’m pumped to finally get this […]
#88 – Combat Trauma Anesthesia with Dustin Degman, MSN, CRNA – Part 3
August 28, 2022 13:14 - 27 minutes - 30.5 MBThis is episode 88 and it’s part 3 off a three-part series with Dustin Degman, a CRNA formerly with the United States Army. In the first episode, we discussed Dustin’s experience in Afghanistan serving at a forward operating base in Paktika Province in 2012. We talk about what makes up forward surgical teams and the […]
#87 – Combat Trauma Anesthesia with Dustin Degman, MSN, CRNA – Part 2
August 21, 2022 15:48 - 39 minutes - 43.3 MBWhat’s up yall this is Jon Lowrance with Anesthesia Guidebook. I am so pumped to bring you this series of 3 episodes on Combat Trauma Anesthesia! This is episode 87 and it’s part 2 off a three-part series with Dustin Degman, a CRNA formerly with the United States Army. In the first episode, we […]
#86 – Combat Trauma Anesthesia with Dustin Degman, MSN, CRNA – Part 1
August 14, 2022 17:02 - 29 minutes - 33.7 MBWhat’s up yall this is Jon Lowrance with Anesthesia Guidebook. I am so pumped to bring you this next series of 3 episodes! This is episode 86 and it kicks off a three-part series with Dustin Degman, a CRNA formerly with the United States Army on combat trauma anesthesia. In this first episode, […]
#85 – The McLott Mix – Part 2 with Jason McLott, MSN, CRNA
July 19, 2022 13:37 - 33 minutes - 37.6 MBJason McLott, MSN, CRNA developed a mix of medications for doing opioid-free anesthesia that came to be know as the McLott Mix. It’s a combination of dexmedetomidine, lidocaine, ketamine and magnesium. Jason is clear that the McLott Mix helps achieve opioid-free anesthesia, not opioid-free analgesia, recognizing the role of opiates, if needed, in post-operative analgesia […]
#84 – The McLott Mix – Part 1 with Jason McLott, MSN, CRNA
July 12, 2022 01:10 - 43 minutes - 50.9 MBJason McLott, MSN, CRNA developed a mix of medications for doing opioid-free anesthesia that came to be know as the McLott Mix. It’s a combination of dexmedetomidine, lidocaine, ketamine and magnesium. In this episode, Mr McLott himself unpacks the story of the mix’s development, efficacy and principles for opioid-free anesthesia. He’s clear that this mix […]
#83 – Positive Deviance as a Catalyst for Change with Cherie Burke, DNP, CRNA
July 09, 2022 16:15 - 29 minutes - 32.3 MB“Positive deviance is really about… taking those things that people are doing right and sharing them with everyone so that everyone is doing things to improve our patients’ care, our patients’ outcomes.” Cherie Burke, DNP, CRNA Dr Cherie Burke joins me to unpack how positive deviance can be a catalyst for change in healthcare. Positive […]
#82 – How Change Management can Build Value with Randy Moore & Desirée Chappell
July 05, 2022 21:47 - 56 minutes - 59.9 MBRandy Moore, DNP, MBA, CRNA and Desirée Chappell, MSNA, CRNA join me to talk about change management in healthcare. They are both on the leadership team with NorthStar Anesthesia, which provides perioperative services at over 200 facilities across 20 states. This conversation focuses on how leaders can navigate change, develop culture and build successful anesthesia […]
#81 – How to Navigate the Business of Anesthesia with Tracy Young, MSNA, CRNA, MBA
June 30, 2022 17:18 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBI caught up with Tracy Young, CRNA, MBA & CEO of YPS Anesthesia Services in Houston back in November 2019 to talk about the business of anesthesia. Tracy is one of the most sought-after experts on the business of anesthesia not just at CRNA conferences but throughout the healthcare management & business industry. In this […]
#80 – How to do 1099 Anesthesia Work with Sandry Gaillard, MSN, CRNA
June 25, 2022 16:56 - 41 minutes - 42.4 MBWhat’s up yall, this is Jon Lowrance with Anesthesia Guidebook. This is episode 80 – how to do 1099 anesthesia work with Sandry Gaillard, MSN, CRNA. This is the second episode in a short series on the business of anesthesia. I’m gonna do a little run of interviews and topics on the business of anesthesia […]
#79 – The Future of Healthcare with Navin Goyal, MD & Saket Agrawal, CEO with OFFOR Health
June 24, 2022 23:53 - 39 minutes - 47.5 MBWhat’s up yall this is Jon Lowrance with Anesthesia Guidebook. I’m really excited to bring you this episode on the future of healthcare with Dr Navin Goyal and Saket Agrawal of OFFOR Health. This is episode 79 of anesthesia guidebook and it’s coming out on June 24, 2022. This is one of the most interesting […]
#78 – Thrive in Training: how to transition to practice
May 29, 2022 14:52 - 29 minutes - 34.7 MBThis episode covers advice for the last six months of anesthesia training, transitioning out of training and into the first six months of your anesthesia practice. The year encompassing your last six months of training through boards and your first six months of practice is epic! There’s a huge learning curve you encounter during your […]
#77 – Thrive in Training: how to land your first job in anesthesia with Jon Bradstreet, MSN, CRNA
May 23, 2022 11:23 - 31 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this episode, I talk with Jon Bradstreet, MSN, CRNA who at the time of this recording was the chief CRNA/Director of CRNA Services at Maine Medical Center, Maine’s only level 1 trauma center. Jon was the chief CRNA who gave me my first job in anesthesia. At the time he hired my wife and […]
#76 – Thrive in Training: the SEE & NCE exams
May 22, 2022 00:09 - 45 minutes - 54.2 MBThis episode covers the NBCRNA’s SEE & NCE exams for SRNAs/RRNAs. Get these on lock down. Thrive in training. The Self-Evaluation Exam (SEE) is a 240-question computerized adaptive exam that’s designed for three reasons: help the SRNA gauge their progress in their training program help program faculty gauge how well they’re preparing students help SRNAs […]
#75 – Thrive in Training: communicating with preceptors
April 17, 2022 14:39 - 35 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this episode, the founders of From the Head of the Bed… Jon Lowrance, Kristin (Andrejco) Lowrance, Brad Morgan & Cassidy Padgett, talk about how to communicate with preceptors as anesthesia trainees. This conversation was recorded as one of the original podcasts released at the launch of From the Head of the Bed, the podcast […]
#74 – Thrive in Training: how to crush clinical
April 15, 2022 13:45 - 59 minutes - 74.9 MBThis episode offers a run down on how to prepare for the clinical phase of anesthesia training. We touch on practical tips like which apps are helpful, what gear to utilize & how to acclimate to the clinical environment as well as meta issues like developing emotional intelligence and the right kind of attitude to […]
#73 – Midlife Van Life: reinventing work-life balance with Kyle & Jen Steen
April 05, 2022 20:14 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBThis show is so much fun and launching this now coincides with the launch date of my friends’ journey, which you’ll hear all about in this episode. Kyle & Jen Steen have been friends of mine for the last 7 years. Kyle’s been a CRNA for 13 years, Jen is a fashion designer and […]
#72 – Thrive in Training: finding balance with Temima Luchansky & Maya Kelkar
March 19, 2022 21:12 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBIn this episode, I’m joined by Temima Luchansky & Maya Kelkar, the 2 current SRNA reps to the AANA Health & Wellness Committee, to talk about how to find balance in anesthesia training. Now if that immediately sounds impossible to you, then you’re listening to the right podcast. We’re going to talk about a very […]
#71 – Thrive in Training: destroying didactics with Jenny Finnell, MSN, CRNA
March 13, 2022 19:31 - 44 minutes - 53.9 MBJenny Finnell, MSN, CRNA joins me to talk about how anesthesia trainees can master the didactic phase of their training. We cover lots of tips in this show: everything from how to make challenging content stick to how to get organized, which apps & resources are helpful and how to maintain mental wellbeing during anesthesia […]
#70 – Thrive in Training – Growth Mindset with Jenny Finnell, MSN, CRNA
March 06, 2022 16:59 - 37 minutes - 43 MBJenny Finnell, MSN, CRNA, the creator behind the CRNA School Prep Academy joins us today to talk about growth mindset. Learning to develop a growth mindset is key to pushing beyond where you’re at currently to where you want to go. Carol Dweck is a psychologist and the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology […]
#69 – Thrive in Training: how to start strong
February 28, 2022 11:08 - 41 minutes - 45.8 MBThe key to thriving in training is setting a trajectory in life based on your deep interest, learning to embrace deliberate practice in your craft, remembering your why and locking on to the hope that comes with knowing your goal is worth the work you will put in. This series is designed to help physician […]
#68 – Thrive in Training: how to prepare for anesthesia school
February 21, 2022 18:02 - 35 minutes - 42.2 MBThe Thrive in Training series is designed to help physician and nurse anesthesia residents succeed in anesthesia training. The key to thriving in training is setting your trajectory in life based on your deep interest, learning to embrace deliberate practice in your craft, remembering your why and locking on to the hope that comes with […]
#67 – How to Thrive in Training
February 20, 2022 14:13 - 28 minutes - 35 MBThis is the first episode in a series that will focus on helping anesthesia residents thrive in training. This is designed for physician and nurse anesthesia trainees and will unpack crucial beta for helping you dial your game in during anesthesia training. In this first episode I discuss finding your why behind going to anesthesia […]
#66 – The CPC Assessment (Exam) Overview
February 12, 2022 02:07 - 30 minutes - 37 MBThis is run down specifically on NBCRNA’s Continued Professional Certification (CPC) Program Assessment (or Exam) for CRNAs. Episode 64 was a 10-minute run down on the whole CPC Program – a quick overview. In episode 65, I did a whole hour-long deep dive on the program, including the CPC Assessment. This episode cuts out all […]
#65 – 1-hour CPC Program Overview
February 12, 2022 01:15 - 1 hour - 79 MBThis is an all-new 1-hour overview of the NBCRNA’s Continued Professional Certification (CPC) Program for CRNAs. In April of 2019, I interviewed John Preston, DNSc, CRNA, FNAP, APRN and Lisa Kamen, CAE of the NBCRNA on the CPC Program for the podcast From the Head of the Bed. At the time, Dr Preston was the […]
#64 – 10-minute CPC Program Overview
February 11, 2022 16:51 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MBThis is a short overview of the NBCRNA’s Continued Professional Certification (CPC) Program for CRNAs. In April of 2019, I interviewed John Preston, DNSc, CRNA, FNAP, APRN and Lisa Kamen, CAE of the NBCRNA on the CPC Program for the podcast From the Head of the Bed. At the time, Dr Preston was the Chief […]
#63 – Anesthesia Billing Models with Ian Hewer, CRNA
February 02, 2022 14:44 - 50 minutes - 52 MBDr Ian Hewer is the program director of Western Carolina University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice in nurse anesthesia program. At the time of this interview, Ian had been a CRNA for 20 years, was an assistant professor in WCU’s nurse anesthesia program, held two master’s degrees – one in sociology, the other in anesthesia – […]
#62 – How to do Anesthesia for Global Outreach – Part 2 with Mason McDowell, DNAP, CRNA
January 11, 2022 18:27 - 25 minutes - 27.8 MBThis is part 2 of my conversation with Mason McDowell, DNAP, CRNA. In 2014, he, along with his wife and 2 young daughters, sold everything they owned and moved full time to the heart of Africa… to the town of Beré in the nation of Chad, to provide anesthesia services at hospital with severe resource […]
#61 – How to do Anesthesia for Global Outreach, Part 1 – Mason McDowell, DNAP, CRNA
January 11, 2022 15:32 - 47 minutes - 51.6 MBThis podcast and the one to follow are pure gems. You’re gonna hear from Dr. Mason McDowell who in 2014, sold everything he, his wife and 2 young daughters owned and moved full time to the heart of Africa… to the town of Beré in the nation of Chad to provide anesthesia services at hospital […]
#60 – Kate Balzano-Cowan Paid Off >$100k Debt in a Year
December 28, 2021 01:20 - 34 minutes - 41.9 MBAll right y’all, you’re about to hear from Kate Balzano and how she paid off over $100,000 in student loan debt in a year. There’s three reasons I wanted to bring Kate’s story to you: The first is that Kate is all around an amazing human. I have the privilege of working with her on […]
#59 – How to Achieve Your Goals
December 25, 2021 02:50 - 31 minutes - 39.3 MBThis is episode 59 – How To Achieve Your Goals. This is one of my favorite episodes and the content here is something that I come back to again and again. I’ve listened to it probably 5 or 6 times since I first released it and every time I come back to this, I leave […]
#58 – How to Recharge & Create Rhythm in Your Life
December 13, 2021 15:12 - 44 minutes - 54.9 MBWhen’s the last time you put your cell phone down and did something relaxing or to recharge your energy? When’s the last time you felt relaxed and refreshed? Can you imagine feeling refreshed & relaxed, clear-minded and rested on a regular basis? Tanked up? Ready to charge? Finding rhythm and downtime to recharge seems wildly […]
#57 – Incivility in the Workplace – Joshua Lea, DNP, MBA, CRNA & Kelly Gallant, PhD, CRNA
December 12, 2021 01:21 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBJosh Lea, DNP, MBA, CRNA and Kelly Gallant, PhD, MSN, CRNA join me to discuss workplace incivility in anesthesia training. We discuss the role of precepting SRNAs and anesthesia residents, root causes and implications of incivility and processes for improving healthy work environments. Josh Lea, DNP, MBA, CRNA is a professor of anesthesia at Northeastern […]
#56 – Guided Relaxation with Matt Zinder, MS, CRNA, CH
December 09, 2021 21:09 - 15 minutes - 15.8 MBIn this podcast, Matt Zinder, MS, CRNA, CH walks us through a fifteen-minute guided relaxation session that is sure to leave you feeling refreshed and renewed. You should try this at home, on your lunch break or to help you go to sleep at night. Get to a place where you can close your eyes […]