CRNA: Precision Anesthesia & Airway Management

CRNA – Scope of Practice:
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) practice under the supervision of an anesthesiologist. They practice according to their licensure, certification, and expertise to provide anesthesia-related care as specified below:

1. Performing and documenting a pre-anesthetic assessment and evaluation of patient, including diagnostic studies; selecting, obtaining, ordering or administering pre-anesthetic medications or fluids, and obtaining informed consent for anesthesia.

2. Developing and implementing an anesthesia plan

. 3. Selecting and initiating the planned anesthetic technique, which may include general, regional, and local anesthesia, and intravenous sedation.

4. Selecting, obtaining, or administering the anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, fluids, and blood products necessary to manage the anesthetic, and to correct abnormal responses to the anesthesia or surgery.

5. Selecting, applying, or inserting appropriate non-invasive monitoring modalities for collecting and interpreting patient physiologic data.

6. Under anesthesia, managing a patient’s airway and pulmonary status using endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, pharmacologic support, respiratory therapy, or extub