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It has been over 8 months since we updated our readers on the lawsuit filed by former students against Florida’s Wolford College Nurse Anesthesia Program and Collier Anesthesia PA. You may recall that both the College and Collier have mutual owners and interests. Here is a “legalese” summary of the complaint filed in the case, titled Schumann et al. v Collier Anesthesia, P.A. et al., from court papers:


On June 29, 2012, plaintiffs Billy Schumann and Dustin Abraham filed a Complaint against defendants Collier Anesthesia, P.A. (Collier), Wolford College, LLC (Wolford), Thomas L. Cook, and Lynda M. Waterhouse, on their own behalf and on behalf of other similarly situated individuals for minimum wage and overtime compensation relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In the Complaint, plaintiffs allege that they were employed by Collier within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. § 203(g) as interns who were provided no monetary compensation; that they were registered nurses that did not have a valid license or certificate to practice medicine and did not ...

Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn’t increase the rate of complications and death—and might even decrease the risk of such events, according to a pair of studies in the May issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). ...

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A federal jury found an anesthesiology company that serves Baptist Hospital not responsible for medical battery Monday in a malpractice case involving a sedative administered without consent.


David Hancock and his wife, Teresa Hancock, filed the civil suit against Anesthesia Medical ...

PHILADELPHIA - A woman trained only as a medical assistant told jurors Wednesday that she gave anesthesia, set dosing amounts and performed ultrasounds when she worked at a now-shuttered abortion clinic whose owner is charged with killing a patient and seven babies.


Latosha Lewis testified as prosecutors wrap up their five-week case against Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72. A string of former employees have testified that ...

WASHINGTON -- Some members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) suggested Medicare take stronger steps to recognize and reward the work of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs).


Medicare payments generally follow along with states' scope-of-practice laws for APRNs and PAs, which vary widely in what they allow the lower-level providers to do and, hence, can bill Medicare for.


If a particular ...

Anesthesiologist Peter Breen, accused of faking records, earned $472,000 in 2007.


By MARLA JO FISHER


The former chairman of UCI anesthesiology, who is accused by the state medical board of faking records about surgeries, earned $472,000 last year, making him one of the campus's 20 highest-paid employees, according to state records.


Dr. Peter Breen, who stepped down as department chairman in June 2007, remains on staff and performing anesthesia practicing anesthesiology at the UCI Medical Center, officials said.


Through an attorney, he has denied any serious wrongdoing.


In 2006, when state regulators say Breen wrote false Attending Anesthesiologist's Notes of surgeries, he was paid $427,932.


In 2007, his pay increased $44,458, to $472,390, according to figures from the University ...

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So you get a wet tap on first attempt, you then place cath on second attempt.

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Abuse of the anesthesia drug propofol is a "rapidly progressive form of substance dependence" that is being more commonly seen among health care professionals, reports a study in the April Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.


"Propofol ...

(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration will not complete its review of Merck & Co's experimental medicine to reverse the effects of anesthesia until the second half of 2013, representing a three-month delay, the drugmaker said.


Merck acquired ...