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CRNAs are Registered Nurses who have graduated with a master’s or doctoral degree in nurse anesthesia. Most have significant experience in adult and/or pediatric critical care before attending a graduate program. During their graduate programs, they spend 24 to 36 months studying pathophysiology, anatomy, pharmacology, physics, and clinical anesthesia, followed by years of hospital and clinic-based anesthesia training, often resulting in over 2,500 hours of anesthesia time and 1,000 anesthetic cases completed.

Upon completing their degree, they must be qualified with the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA) to take an official board examination. Upon passing the examination, they become board-licensed as a CRNA and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). In Minnesota, an “opt-out” state, CRNAs are not legally required to be supervised by a physician anesthesiologist to practice.

In military, clinic, and hospital settings, CRNAs are very often the only anesthesia providers. In a large majority of rural settings, CRNAs are the sole anesthesia providers. Nurse Anesthetists perform over 34 million anesthetics per year in the United States, according to the AANA 2012 Practice Profile Survey. CRNAs also follow the same American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) guidelines that physician anesthesiologists follow.

They also maintain the same certifications that physicians do for emergency resuscitation, such as Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). Therefore, in all care settings, CRNAs are qualified to provide local, regional, sedation, and general anesthesia for patients of all ages.

Twin Anesthesia offers a full range of anesthesia services in the convenience of your office. When you work with Twin Anesthesia, we keep your patient comfortable so you can focus on the procedure you are performing. Contact us about using our team. Contact Twin Anesthesia