Sunday, May 20, 2012

Picture Of The Day - 20 MAY 2012 "Fox"

94th CSH (FWD) CRNA CPT "C" - 66F
Today's operating room installment is for all the Army CRNAs (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) AKA - 66Foxtrots. These officers take on the heavy lifting of the combat anesthesia services. The Army deploys CRNAs to far forward combat environments (such as FSTs, or CSH (FWD) units). The Anesthesiologists (MDs) typically are deployed in the Role 3 hospitals. However, this is not set in stone, as the Airforce has pushed its MDs out to locations such as ours (Salerno, Afghanistan).

CRNAs are registered nurses with advanced professional schooling and experience. In addition to being registered nurses, they must have their bachelor's degree (typically in nursing). They also must typically complete at least 1 year of clinical experience in an ICU environment, followed by successful completion of their master's degree in nursing anesthesia. That's quite a bit of training, and for good reason. These folks have the responsibility of providing critical, life saving care. So.. another big salute out to our 66Foxtrots - Army CRNA!